Jeremiah Quiz

Answer key for Jeremiah Quiz

1. Q1: When did God say He knew Jeremiah? Answer: Before he was formed in the belly. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. Reference: Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV).
2. Q2: How did Jeremiah at first object to God's call? Answer: I cannot speak: for I am a child. Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Reference: Jeremiah 1:6 (KJV).
3. Q3: To what nation would Judah be carried captive? Answer: Babylon. And they shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Reference: Jeremiah 25:11 (KJV).
4. Q4: How many years did Jeremiah say the captivity would last? Answer: 70 years. These nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Reference: Jeremiah 25:11 (KJV).
5. Q5: Into what was Jeremiah cast for his prophesying? Answer: A dungeon of mire. They cast him into the dungeon… and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. Reference: Jeremiah 38:6 (KJV).
6. Q6: What new covenant did God promise through Jeremiah? Answer: A law written in their hearts. I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. Reference: Jeremiah 31:33 (KJV).
7. Q7: What famous verse promises hope and a future? Answer: Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you… thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Reference: Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV).
8. Q8: How does Jeremiah describe the human heart? Answer: Deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Reference: Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV).
9. Q9: Who was Jeremiah's faithful scribe? Answer: Baruch. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote… all the words of the LORD. Reference: Jeremiah 36:4 (KJV).
10. Q10: What book of the Bible is traditionally also attributed to Jeremiah? Answer: Lamentations. Lamentations laments the fall of Jerusalem. Reference: Lamentations 1:1 (KJV).