November 9, 2025: Jerusalem’s Fall (2 Kings 24:18–20)

To engage the learners in a study of the Scripture text:

Distribute copies of the “Many Warnings” exercise from the activity page, which you can download here. Have learners work together in pairs to complete as indicated. (This exercise will be more time-consuming than it appears at first glance.) After calling time, ask for volunteers to share responses. Ask learners to consider how the warnings describe some of the events of today’s text.

Conclude the activity by asking the following questions for whole-class discussion: 1–How do the events in today’s Scripture text reveal God’s anger? 2–What was God’s anger a response to? 3– How does today’s text reveal God’s patience and justice?

To encourage personal application:

Distribute copies of the “Diary of My Devotion” activity from the activity page. Have learners complete the chart as a take-home activity. To encourage completion, say that you will review responses at the beginning of the next class time.

Conclude class time by reading aloud Lamentations 3:22–23. Close with a prayer expressing gratitude to God for his patient mercy.