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1 Year Bible: Week 34 (Aug. 17-23)

1 Year Bible: Week 34 (Aug. 17-23)

1 YEAR BIBLE: WEEK 34 (AUG. 17-23)

Stage 3: Redemption


Verse of the week to live by:

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." (Jer. 1:5)


Aug. 17; Stage 3: Redemption

2 Chr. 35; Zep. 1-2


  1. 2 Chr. 35: Josiah carefully prepared the priests and Levites for the Passover according to the Word of the Lord (vv. 1–6). What does Josiah’s attention to detail teach us about worship?

Introduction to the Book of Zephaniah:


  1. Name & Background: Zephaniah means "the LORD protects." He was a prophet of Judah whose ancestry traced back four generations to King Hezekiah (Zeph. 1:1).

  3. Ministry & Context: He ministered during the reign of King Josiah (640–609 BC), likely before Josiah’s major reforms in 622 BC when Judah was deeply corrupted by idolatry.

  5. Purpose: To warn Judah of the approaching "day of the LORD"—a day of divine judgment against sin, pride, and complacency—while calling the people to seek righteousness and humility (Zeph. 2:3).

  7. Scope & Gospel Hope: His message extended to surrounding nations, showing God as sovereign Judge over all the earth. It ends with remarkable hope: God promises to purify the nations, gather His scattered people, dwell in their midst as King, and rejoice over them with singing (Zeph. 3:9, 14–17), pointing forward to Christ as Immanuel and the new creation.

  9. Zeph. 1: What does "the day of the LORD" mean in verses 7–13, and why were the people commanded to be silent before the Lord GOD?

  11. Zeph. 2: Nineveh believed it was secure, saying, "I am, and there is no one else" (vv. 12–15). What warning does Nineveh’s downfall give us about pride, self-sufficiency, and finding security apart from God?

Aug. 18; Stage 3: Redemption

Zep. 3; Jer. 1-3


  1. Zeph. 3: Zephaniah declares, "The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst," and describes God rejoicing over His people with singing (vv. 14–17). How does this promise of God dwelling among His people find its fulfillment in Jesus Christ as Immanuel and ultimately in the new creation (John 1:14; Rev. 21:3)?

Introduction to the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah:


  1. Name & Background: Jeremiah probably means "the LORD exalts." He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest from Anathoth in Benjamin (Jer. 1:1).

  3. Ministry & Context: He ministered during one of Judah’s darkest eras, from the 13th year of King Josiah (627/626 BC) through the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 586 BC, continuing afterward.

  5. Purpose: To call Judah to repentance, warning that persistent rebellion would bring exile through Babylon. Yet he also proclaimed hope beyond exile: God would restore His people, raise up a righteous Branch from David, and establish a new covenant written upon their hearts (Jer. 23:5–6; 31:31–34).

  7. New Testament Connection: Jesus is the righteous Davidic King who inaugurates the promised new covenant through His death (Luke 22:20; Heb. 8:6–13).

  9. Jer. 1: God tells Jeremiah, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you," and appoints him "a prophet to the nations" (vv. 4–10). What does Jeremiah’s calling teach us about God’s sovereign purpose, and how does his mission anticipate the worldwide scope of God’s redemptive plan?

  11. Jer. 3: The Lord describes Israel’s idolatry as spiritual adultery (vv. 1–10). Why does God use the language of marriage to describe His covenant relationship with His people?

Aug. 19; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 4-6


  1. Jer. 4: Jeremiah warns that disaster is coming from the north because of Judah’s rebellion (vv. 5–18). How does the coming Babylonian invasion demonstrate both God’s holiness and His sovereign use of nations to judge His covenant people?

  3. Jer. 5: God tells Jeremiah to search Jerusalem for even one person who "does justice and seeks truth" (vv. 1–9). What does this search reveal about the depth of Judah’s corruption, and how does it point us toward our need for the truly righteous One, Jesus Christ?

  5. Jer. 6: False prophets proclaim "Peace, peace" when there is no peace (vv. 6–15). What is the danger of proclaiming peace without repentance, and how does Christ provide the true peace with God that sinners need (Rom. 5:1)?

Aug. 20; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 7-9


  1. Jer. 7: Why does God remind Judah of the destruction of Shiloh (vv. 12–15), and how does the destruction of the temple prepare us for Jesus as the true and greater Temple (John 2:19–21)?

  3. Jer. 8: Jeremiah cries, "Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?" (vv. 18–22). Why was Judah’s spiritual wound beyond human healing, and how does this point to the healing and salvation provided by Christ (Isa. 53:5; 1 Pet. 2:24)?

  5. Jer. 9: God warns that physical circumcision without a circumcised heart is insufficient (vv. 25–26). How does this theme develop through Scripture to point toward the new covenant work of God in transforming the heart (Deut. 30:6; Rom. 2:28–29; Col. 2:11)?

Aug. 21; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 10-13


  1. Jer. 10: Jeremiah contrasts powerless idols with the Creator who made the earth by His power and wisdom (vv. 11–16). How does this lead us to Christ’s role in creating and sustaining all things (John 1:1–3; Col. 1:15–17)?

  3. Jer. 11: God reminds Judah of the covenant words, "Obey my voice, and do them" (vv. 1–8). Why was obedience essential to Israel’s covenant relationship with God?

  5. Jer. 13: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?" (v. 23). What does this striking question teach about humanity’s inability to change its sinful nature by its own power, and how does it prepare us for the promise of a new heart and new covenant (Jer. 31:31–34; Ezek. 36:26–27)?

Aug. 22; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 14-16


  1. Jer. 14: Jeremiah confesses Judah’s sin and appeals to God: "Do not break your covenant with us" (vv. 17–22). What does Jeremiah’s intercession teach us about the need for a mediator, and how does it anticipate Jesus Christ, the perfect Mediator (Heb. 7:25; 9:15)?

  3. Jer. 15: In the midst of rejection, God promises Jeremiah, "I am with you to save you and deliver you" (vv. 19–21). How does Jeremiah’s experience as a suffering prophet point us to Christ, the rejected yet victorious Word of God?

  5. Jer. 16: Jeremiah declares that the nations will come "from the ends of the earth" to confess the worthlessness of their inherited idols (vv. 19–21). How does this promise anticipate the gathering of the Gentiles through the gospel (Matt. 28:19; Rev. 7:9–10)?

Aug. 23; Stage 3: Redemption

Jer. 17-19


  1. Jer. 17: Jeremiah calls the LORD "the fountain of living water" and prays for salvation (vv. 12–14). How do the themes of living water and spiritual healing find their ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ (John 4:13–14; 7:37–38)?

  3. Jer. 18: At the potter’s house, God declares, "Like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand" (vv. 1–6). What does this picture teach us about God’s sovereignty over His people, and how is this imagery developed in the New Testament (Isa. 64:8; Rom. 9:20–21)?

  5. Jer. 19: Why does God single out the Valley of the Son of Hinnom for judgment (vv. 1–6), and how does this valley contribute to the biblical imagery of final judgment (Gehenna / Matt. 10:28)?