Jeremiah a Great Prophet!

a. Read Jeremiah 16:10–13 and list five reasons why Jeremiah prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed and Judah taken captive.

1. Walked after the imaginations of his evil heart

2. Walked after other Gods

3. Worshiped other Gods

4. Not kept the law of the Lord

5. Not hearken unto the Lord

b. Read Jeremiah 16:14–21 and describe in a few sentences what is prophesied to happen in the days to come. Additionally, answer the following questions:

In the days to come people will no longer believe in the Lord. They will then worship themselves or became vain and prideful. Finally the Lord will make his might know, and no one will deny he is the Lord. 

• How will the Lord take His word to the whole earth?

The Lord will send his word through fishers or fishers of men. We know the fishers of men to be the apostles. Our current fishers of men are the missionaries. 

• Why do you think the Lord used the terms fishers and hunters to describe what He would do? (see institute student manual commentary for Jeremiah 16:13–21, “Doom and Delivery,” pg. 241).

I feel that the Lord used the term fishers to refer to his apostles who were know as fishers of men, and later became the first missionaries. I feel that he used hunters, because of how literal that term can be. 

• According to Moses 7:62; Alma 22:14 what will be their message?

Their message will be their testimony of Jesus Christ. 

I loved reading Jeremiah this week, because his plain and strong prophecies!! I feel I know more about the second coming and the purpose of the scattering and gathering of Israel.