Jeremiah 1-3
God told Jeremiah, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I ___ you." What verb completes the sentence? 1:5
Sanctioned / set apart / ordained a prophet to the nations
Jeremiah was commanded by the Lord to stand in this specific location of the Lord’s house to proclaim His message. (Jeremiah 7:2)
What is the gate?
What three major life milestones was Jeremiah commanded not to do (marrying/having children, attending funerals, and joining feasts) to symbolize the coming desolation of Judah? 16:1-9
Not to marry or have sons/daughters, not to enter a house of mourning or lament, and not to go into a house of feasting.
This priest and chief governor of the house of the Lord struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks. 20:1-2
Who is Pashhur, according to Jeremiah 20:1-2?
This Utah temple site had to be cleared of hundreds of rattlesnakes before construction could begin in 1877
What is the Manti Utah Temple?
When God called Jeremiah, Jeremiah protested by saying, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a ___." What word fills in the blank? 1:6
Youth
The people repeatedly trusted in these deceptive words, believing the physical presence of this structure would keep them safe regardless of their actions. 7:4
What is "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord"? (Jeremiah 7:4)
Complete this famous declaration from Jeremiah: "The heart is __________ above all things, and desperately wicked [or sick]; who can know it?" 17:9
Deceitful
Meaning "terror on every side," this is the new name Jeremiah gave to Pashhur after being released from the stocks. 20:3
What is Magormissabib, according to Jeremiah 20:3?
This was the first city in the world to have two operating Latter-day Saint temples (the Jordan River Temple and the Oquirrh Mountain Temple).
What is South Jordan, Utah?
In his first two visions, what specific physical objects did God show Jeremiah to represent watching over His word and the disaster coming from the north?
1:11–13
An almond tree (branch) and a boiling pot (facing away from the north)
God asked the people if they thought His house, which bears His Name, had become this type of criminal hiding place in their eyes. 7:11
What is a den of robbers?
According to Jeremiah 17, the person who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength is compared to what kind of plant in the desert? 17:5-6
A shrub (or juniper) in the desert that sees no good come.
Jeremiah said God's word was in his heart like this, shut up in his bones, making him weary of holding it in. 20:9
What is a burning fire, according to Jeremiah 20:9?
This constellation is famously featured carved into the exterior stone walls of the Salt Lake Temple.
What is the Big Dipper?
God accused His people of committing two evils: they had forsaken Him (the fountain of living waters) and they had hewed out for themselves what kind of items that could hold no water? 2:13
Broken cisterns
God told the people to go to this specific place where He first made a dwelling for His Name, to see what He did to it because of Israel's wickedness. 7:12
What is Shiloh? (Jeremiah 7:12)
Where did the Lord tell Jeremiah to go down to hear His word, where He watched a craftsman rework a marred piece of clay on a wheel? 18:2-4
To the potter’s house
Jeremiah declares that the Lord is with him as this kind of terrible or mighty one, which will cause his persecutors to stumble. 20:11
What is a mighty awesome one (or dread warrior / mighty terrible one), according to Jeremiah 20:11?
This historic temple was the very first LDS temple dedicated in a nation where Christianity was not the predominant religion.
What is the Tokyo Japan Temple?
Even if Judah washes themselves with lye and uses an abundance of soap, what remains before the Lord because of their deep-seated corruption and idol worship? 2:22
The stain of their guilt / iniquity
Because of the people's ongoing idolatry, God told Jeremiah that this specific valley would no longer be called Topheth, but rather the Valley of Slaughter. 7:31-32
What is the Valley of Ben Hinnom (or Valley of the Son of Hinnom)? (Jeremiah 7:31-32)
After Jeremiah shared the lesson of the potter and urged the people to turn from their evil ways, what did the people of Judah plot to do to him? 18:18
They plotted to strike him down with the tongue (conspire and talk against him / refuse to listen to his words).
In his deep despair, Jeremiah curses this specific day of his existence, wishing it not to be blessed. 20:14
What is the day he was born, according to Jeremiah 20:14?
A worthy member of the Church must be at least this age to participate in proxy baptisms for the dead in the temple.
What is 12 years old?