Session 12 | Jeremiah 50:11-20,33-34

RETURN PROMISED (JER. 50:17-20)

God’s promise to forgive and forget their sins and return them to their homeland.

17 Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

18 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says:
I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land
just as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 I will return Israel to his grazing land,
and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan;
he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.

20 In those days and at that time—
this is the LORD’s declaration—
one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none,
and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found,
for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.

DISCUSS:

Call attention to verse 20 and briefly summarize what Jeremiah meant when he said that Israel’s sins would no longer be found.

Ask:

• What makes the promise of our sins being forgotten so sweet? (p. 103)

share how God’s forgiveness has changed their lives.

TRANSITION:

The people had felt God’s discipline for their disobedience.
But they would also get to experience His forgiveness.