Who Am I?
I served as Jeremiah’s secretary and received a personal message from Jehovah in chapter 45.
Who is Baruch?
Jehovah told Baruch to stop seeking these for himself.
What are “great things”?
This nation is the main subject of the judgment pronounced in Jeremiah 46.
Egypt’s confident advance is compared to the rising waters of this river.
What is the Nile?
Jehovah’s personal attention to Baruch shows that he cares about these, even while dealing with entire nations.
Who are individual servants?
I delivered Jehovah’s messages to Baruch and pronounced judgment against Egypt.
Jehovah promised that Baruch would escape the coming calamity with this precious possession.
What is his life?
Egypt’s army suffered a decisive defeat at this strategic city.
What is Carchemish?
Egypt is told to obtain this medicinal substance from Gilead, although it cannot cure her defeat.
What is balsam?
Egypt’s failure teaches us to place our ultimate trust in this Person rather than human rulers or military strength.
Who is Jehovah?
I was the Egyptian Pharaoh whose army was defeated at Carchemish.
Who is Pharaoh Necho?
Baruch’s experience shows that a person can be serving Jehovah faithfully and still experience this feeling of being emotionally worn down.
What is discouragement?
Carchemish stood beside this major river.
What is the Euphrates River?
Egypt’s hired soldiers are compared to these well-fed young animals that turn and flee.
What are fattened calves?
According to the Jeremiah book, strong attachment to these could have made it harder for Baruch to obey the direction to surrender to Babylon.
What are material possessions?
I led the Babylonian forces that defeated Egypt at Carchemish.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The July 2025 Watchtower uses Baruch’s experience to teach this quality, which helps us appreciate our present blessings.
According to the chronology used in the cited publications, both the message to Baruch and the battle at Carchemish belong to this year.
What is 625 B.C.E.?
These two prominent mountains illustrate the imposing arrival of Egypt’s conqueror.
What are Tabor and Carmel?
In Jeremiah 46:27, 28, “Jacob” refers collectively to these people, whom Jehovah promised to preserve and restore.
Who are the people of Israel?
Jeremiah 45’s message came during the fourth year of my reign over Judah.
Who is King Jehoiakim?
We should describe wealth, prominence or advancement as possibilities because the Bible does not identify these precisely.
What are the “great things” Baruch was seeking?
Although chapter 45 follows accounts of Jerusalem’s destruction, its events occurred approximately this many years earlier.
What is 18 years?
Egypt’s sound is compared to this creature—an ironic image because Pharaohs wore its likeness for supposed protection.
What is a serpent, or snake?
Jeremiah 46:28 teaches parents to imitate Jehovah by giving correction to this degree.
What is the proper degree—balanced and proportionate to what is needed?