God Warns Judah
Jeremiah received his calling from God during the reign of which godly king: Hezekiah, Joash, or Josiah?
Josiah
True or false: Jeremiah died before God’s judgment came on Judah.
False
What was the Babylonian name given to Daniel?
Belteshazzar
What did Nebuchadnezzar command the people to do when they heard the music of many instruments playing?
Fall down and worship the golden image which the king had set up.
When King Belshazzar and his people were feasting and drinking, what bad decision did Belshazzar make?
To bring out the vessels taken from God’s temple and drink from them.
What two books in the Old Testament did Jeremiah write?
Jeremiah and Lamentations
What evil king was given the throne by King Nebuchadnezzar, but he rebelled and refused to serve him?
Zedekiah
Why did the Babylonians change the young men’s Hebrew names?
They were trying to brainwash them. They wanted them to forget their God and home country.
Why did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to obey the king’s command?
Because his command was against God’s command to worship the LORD God only.
What miraculous sign did God send to get King Belshazzar’s attention during the feast?
A fingers of a hand appeared and wrote on the wall.
What was the message for the people of Judah from the potter and his clay?
God was the potter and Judah was the clay, about to be crushed and remade because they were spoiled by sin.
What enemy did God bring in judgment against Judah?
The Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar
Why did Daniel resolve not to defile himself with the king’s rich food and wine?
It was devoted/dedicated to idols/false gods and possibly unclean. Such food was forbidden by God’s law.
Who did Nebuchadnezzar see in the fiery furnace with the three men?
Someone who looked like a son of the gods. It was either the Son of God (Jesus) or an angel.
Name two or more sins that Daniel warned King Belshazzar of.
Pride, idolatry, not honoring God.
Why was being put in the stocks so humiliating to Jeremiah?
It was a public punishment where everyone could walk by and see him.
Where did the city officials put Jeremiah to stop him from speaking?
A cistern
What special gift or ability did God give Daniel?
Understanding visions and dreams
What did the tree in King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream represent?
Nebuchadnezzar and his power over many peoples and nations.
What law was King Darius tricked into making by men jealous of Daniel?
That people could pray only to the king for 30 days; break the law and be cast into a den of lions.
Why didn’t the people listen to God’s message from Jeremiah?
They wanted to follow their own plans and do their own (evil) things rather than repent and obey God.
What did the Babylonians do to the temple (house of the Lord) in Jerusalem?
They stole everything of value and burned it.
Why did Ashpenaz have compassion on Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah?
God caused him to favor them.
What happened when Nebuchadnezzar credited his accomplishments as ruler over Babylon to his own greatness?
In prophetic judgment on him, a voice from heaven announced that he would be driven from the people to live as a beast in the field for 7 years.
What did Darius do after he had Daniel taken out of the lions’ den?
He ordered the men who accused Daniel to be thrown into the den with their families; he commanded all people to fear the God of Daniel.