Bible Quiz on Jeremiah and Ezekiel

The summer months bring us to the readings from the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel in the Triennial Bible Calendar; once again, we offer you the opportunity to match your Bible knowledge with the experts of the World Bible Contest. This Quiz is not for casual readers but for serious students of these books. If you can answer sixteen questions correctly you’re probably a Jeremiah-Ezekiel scholar.

1. In two places, Jeremiah promises quiet, safety, and prosperity. To whom are these promised?
2. Among whom will there be blind, lame, and women with child and in labor?
3. What will be given the name “the Lord is our Righteousness” (ה׳ צדקנו)?
4. Where do pieces of wood symbolize the unity of Israel?
5. What reason does Ezekiel give for the coming destruction of Edom?
6. Of which land is it said that it “devours men?”
7. Who spoke of Israel as wandering sheep on the mountains?
8. According to Ezekiel, who will be as numerous as the sheep brought for sacrifices (צאן קדשים)?
9. Who is instructed to erect signposts along the road?
10. According to Jeremiah, how will the returning exiles express their emotions?
11. Fill in this verse from Jeremiah: “A people that ____________ found favor in the wilderness.”
12. What dry objects suddenly come to life in a vision of Ezekiel?
13. Jeremiah pictures a matriarch mourning for the exiles. Who is she and where is she weeping?
14. Who is referred to as a “spring of living water?”
15. The girls Oholah and Oholibah are allegories of which two cities?
16. Which prophet introduced the idea of a “small sanctuary”, and in which context did he do so?
17. How did Jeremiah receive his calling?
18. Did Jeremiah accept his calling gladly?
19. Which point of justice would Jeremiah contend with God?
20. The name of which modern Israeli city is found in the Book of Ezekiel, and on which river was it located?

H.D.H.

Answers

Printed on page 30 of the issue.

1. To Jacob, allegory of the People of Israel. (Jeremiah 30:10, 46:27)
2. The remnant of Israel returning to Zion. (Jer. 31:7, 8)
3. Jerusalem. (Jer. 33:16)
4. In Ezekiel 37:15ff.
5. That they have maintained a feud and handed Israel over to the sword (Ezekiel 35:5)
6. Of the Land of Israel. (Ezek. 36:13)
7. Ezekiel in Chapter 34 verse 6.
8. The men who will fill the formerly ruined cities of Judah. (Ezek. 36:37f.)
9. The Israelites. (Jer. 31:21)
10. By weeping. (Jer. 31:8)
11. Survived the sword. (Jer. 31:1, 2)
12. Bones. (Ezek. 37:10ff.)
13. Rachel in Ramah. (Jer. 31:15, 16)
14. God. (Jer. 2:13)
15. Samaria and Jerusalem. (Ezek. 23:4)
16. Ezekiel 11:16.
17. Jeremiah 1:5.
18. Jeremiah suffered intensely. (Ch. 20 and others)
19. Jeremiah 12:1.
20. Tel Aviv and the river Kvar. (Ezek. 3:15)