Bible passages

Jeremiah 50:17–20

The Hunted Sheep Will Feed Again

Follow a sheep’s story from harm to a place of food.

Jeremiah 50:21–46

The Broken Hammer and the Captives’ Defender

Look for the people who are being held and the one who speaks for them.

Jeremiah 51:1–14

Not Abandoned amid Babylon’s Fall

Notice the difference between being guilty and being abandoned.

Jeremiah 51:15–19

The Maker of Earth and Sky

Compare what the maker of everything can do with what a made image cannot do.

Jeremiah 51:20–58

Babylon Falls; the Escapees Must Remember

Follow the voices in a long announcement of Babylon’s fall.

Jeremiah 51:59–64

Read the Book, Then Let It Sink

Follow the instructions given to a traveller carrying a book.

Lamentations 1:1–22

Jerusalem’s Tears and Cry to Be Seen

Hear a ruined city given a voice to speak its sorrow.

Lamentations 2:1–22

Jerusalem Pours Out Its Heart

Listen to a poem that cannot find easy words of comfort.

Lamentations 3:1–18

A Sufferer Speaks from the Dark

Listen without rushing a sufferer past his hardest words.

Lamentations 3:19–36

Mercy Remembered in the Middle of Pain

See how remembered kindness brings hope without erasing pain.

Lamentations 3:37–66

From the Deep Pit to a Cry for Justice

Follow the poem from a shared confession to a remembered rescue.

Lamentations 4:1–22

Zion’s Honour Is Turned into Grief

Notice how the poem’s pictures show a city turned upside down.

Lamentations 5:1–22

Remember Us and Renew Our Days

Hear the concrete things a suffering community asks God to see.

Baruch 1:10–14

Send Gifts, Pray and Read Together

Follow the money, prayers and book sent to a worship gathering.

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Baruch 1:15–2:10

A Community Admits It Has Not Listened

Hear a community admit what it has kept refusing to hear.

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Baruch 2:11–18

Hear Us and Rescue the Few Who Remain

Notice what these troubled people ask God to remember.

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Baruch 2:19–26

We Refused the Warning about Babylon

Follow a warning remembered inside a prayer.

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Baruch 2:27–35

New Ears to Hear and a Promised Home

Notice how the promise reaches both people’s hearts and their home.

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Baruch 3:1–8

Hear Us While We Are Still Captive

Listen to people asking for mercy while still far from home.

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Baruch 3:9–14

Return to the Fountain of Wisdom

Look for the source the people have walked away from.

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Baruch 3:15–23

Riches Cannot Buy Wisdom’s Way

Ask what wealth and fame cannot give the people in this poem.

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Baruch 3:24–31

Even Giants Cannot Seize Wisdom

Compare great size with the kind of understanding people still need.

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Baruch 3:32–4:4

God Gives the Teaching That Lights the Way

Watch the poem move from the stars to a book people can follow.

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Baruch 4:5–8

Take Courage, and Remember Your Maker

Notice how courage and correction appear in the same short message.

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