32 questions Jeremiah asked across 2 books
“Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?”
“Now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?”
“How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?”
“When thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?”
“To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?”
“Is there no physician there?”
“Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?”
“Doth the way of the wicked prosper?”
“How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?”
“What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee?”
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?”
“O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?”
“Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?”
“Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?”
“Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed?”
“Who can know it?”
“Came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
“Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?”
“Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol?”
“Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?”
“What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison ?”
“The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?”
“If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death?”
“Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?”
“Why are thy valiant men swept away?”
“O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?”
“How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore?”
“What thing shall I take to witness for thee?”
“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”
“Doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
“But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.”
“Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you exceedingly angry with us?”