{ "lessonDate": "2026-10-22", "lessonNumber": 132, "lessonTitle": "Jeremiah 16 — \"I Will Bring Them Again\"", "semester": "fall-2026-ot", "source": "Seminary manual, Lesson 132 — Jeremiah 16, I Will Bring Them Again", "scriptureBlock": "Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20", "bookName": "JEREMIAH 16", "deckType": "scripture", "lessonObjective": "Let students see that the gathering they are invited into is a bigger display of the Savior's power than the Red Sea, put their own named concern about sharing the gospel on the board, and answer it out of scripture before they leave.", "doctrinePrinciple": "Jesus Christ calls us to find scattered Israel and bring them back to Him. The gathering is the greatest work on earth, and He manifests His power through the ordinary people who agree to help.", "personalScriptureStudy": { "chapters": "Jeremiah 16:14–16", "questions": "For centuries, parting the Red Sea was the thing people pointed at when they wanted to describe God's power. Read verses 14 and 15 and find what the Lord says will replace it as the thing people name. Then read verse 16 and notice He describes the helpers as two completely different kinds of worker." }, "teacherNote": "SUPPLIES: a picture of Moses and the Red Sea, and board space for the concerns list — that list is the hinge of the second half and it needs real room, not a corner. OPEN WITH THE MIRACLE QUESTION and keep it short, or it will take twelve minutes: what are some of God's greatest miracles or manifestations of power? They will reach for the Old Testament, which is the point — the class has spent a whole semester in it. If nobody says the Red Sea, put the picture up. It was the standard reference for divine power for centuries, and the class can check that: Hebrews 11:29, 1 Nephi 4:2, Helaman 8:11, three different writers across a thousand years all reaching for the same event. THEN THE TURN, AND IT IS THE WHOLE LESSON: Jeremiah 16:14–15 says the day comes when it shall NO MORE be said 'the Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt' — but rather that He brought them from the land of the north and from all the lands whither He had driven them. The gathering replaces the Red Sea as the headline. Let them sit with that before you explain it. PRESIDENT NELSON, 'Overcome the World and Find Rest,' Liahona, Nov. 2022, 95 — 'In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Savior's power that the world has ever seen.' Pair it with the verses rather than reading it first. DEFINE THE GATHERING, because they will picture handcarts: President Nelson taught it means 'offering the gospel of Jesus Christ to God's children on both sides of the veil' (Russell M. Nelson and Wendy W. Nelson, 'Hope of Israel,' worldwide youth devotional, June 3, 2018). Say plainly that today is about this side of the veil. SCATTERING FIRST, THEN GATHERING — 16:13 is the scattering and it is a consequence, and 16:17 is the reason, 'neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.' Do not skip past it to the nice part; the gathering only means something because there was a scattering. Worth telling them that the Lord scattered righteous people too, and that Lehi was one of them, led away to preserve his family (2 Nephi 10:20–21). The class met Lehi on Monday as Jeremiah's contemporary; this is the second half of that. FISHERS AND HUNTERS, 16:16 — the best discussion in the lesson and it will go well in pairs. A fisher waits, casts, and is patient in one spot; a hunter goes out, tracks, and covers ground. Both are sent, and the Lord names both. Ask which one they are. Most of this class will say fisher, and that is an honest answer rather than a cowardly one — let it stand. THE CONCERNS LIST IS THE PART THAT MATTERS. Ask what concerns Latter-day Saint teenagers have about sharing the gospel and gathering Israel, and have a student write every answer on the board. Do not edit them, do not answer them yet, and do not let it become three polite answers — push until there are six or eight and the awkward ones are up there. I would not know what to say. They will think I am weird. They already said no. It will make it strange at lunch. THEN HAND THEM THE SCRIPTURES AND LET THE SCRIPTURES ANSWER THE BOARD. Four study options, one per student in a small group, then they teach each other: A is Jeremiah 1:6–9, B is Doctrine and Covenants 123:12, 16–17, C is Moses 6:32–34, D is find your own. THIS WEEK ANSWERS ITSELF AND YOU SHOULD SAY SO OUT LOUD. Option A is Monday's lesson — the Lord's reply to 'I cannot speak, for I am a child' — and option C is the verse the class heard in the cultural hall on 10-05, 'open thy mouth, and it shall be filled.' Every excuse on that board has already been answered in front of them in the last three weeks. That realisation is the lesson's best moment; set it up and then let a student be the one to say it. ELDER RASBAND, 'How Great Will Be Your Joy,' Liahona, Nov. 2023, 52 — the gathering is the ultimate recognition that the worth of souls is great in the sight of God. Short, and it reframes the whole thing as being about one person rather than a programme. VIDEO IF THE CLOCK ALLOWS: 'Simple Ways to Love, Share, and Invite for Youth' (2:50). It is practical and it is the difference between inspired and equipped. Cut it first if you are behind. SHARE ONE OF YOUR OWN — the manual asks for it and it is the right ask. One real experience, including one that went nowhere, is worth more than the video. THEME LINK, PANEL THREE: he walks back down the hill telling everybody. Isaiah 12:4, 1 Nephi 8:12, Alma 36:24. This is the panel the whole autumn has been walking toward, and the order of this week is the argument — Monday He knew you and called you, Wednesday you came back to the fountain yourself, Thursday you go get somebody else. Nobody publishes water they have not tasted; that is why panel three comes after panel two and not before it. TIMING: miracles opener and the turn ten minutes, scattering and fishers/hunters eight, concerns list and study options ten, plan into journals at 7:05. The plan must be written in class, not assigned — President Nelson's invitation is to tell Heavenly Father you want to help and ask Him to put you to work, and that is a prayer, not homework.", "cards": [ { "card": 0, "sectionName": "CONTEXT SETUP", "tagline": "Bigger Than Egypt.", "title": "JEREMIAH 16 — CONTEXT SETUP", "subtitle": "One Day The Red Sea Will Not Be The Story People Tell.", "columnHead": "THE CHAPTER AT A GLANCE", "bullets": [ "For centuries the Red Sea was the proof of God's power.", "Jeremiah says something will replace it as the headline.", "That something is the latter-day gathering of Israel.", "First comes the scattering — 16:13, and it is a consequence.", "Then the promise: I will bring them again.", "The helpers are called fishers and hunters.", "The Lord gathers through ordinary people who agree." ], "keyFacts": { "Author": "Jeremiah, prophesying before Judah was taken", "Type": "Prophecy of scattering, then of gathering", "Setting": "Jerusalem, with Babylon on the horizon", "Key Phrase": "\"I will bring them again into their land\"", "Main Themes": "Scattering, gathering, missionary work, divine power", "Christ Connection": "It is His power that gathers, and His work we join (3 Nephi 10:18)" }, "bandHeading": "SIX STEPS FROM EGYPT TO TODAY", "timeline": [ { "title": "THE RED SEA", "ref": "Exodus 14:21", "text": "The old proof of His power." }, { "title": "STILL QUOTED", "ref": "1 Nephi 4:2", "text": "A thousand years later." }, { "title": "SCATTERED", "ref": "Jeremiah 16:13", "text": "Driven into other lands." }, { "title": "NOT HID", "ref": "Jeremiah 16:17", "text": "Mine eyes are upon all their ways." }, { "title": "BROUGHT AGAIN", "ref": "Jeremiah 16:15", "text": "From all the lands." }, { "title": "SENT FOR", "ref": "Jeremiah 16:16", "text": "Many fishers. Many hunters." } ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.", "attribution": "Jeremiah 16:15" }, "artPrompt": "A warm painterly golden-hour seascape of a wide shoreline at dawn with calm shallow water and long wet sand, distant hills across the bay, low sun throwing light along the water's edge." }, { "card": 1, "sectionName": "DIRECT TEXT INTERACTION & AI", "tagline": "Fishers. And Hunters.", "title": "JEREMIAH 16 — DIRECT TEXT INTERACTION & AI", "subtitle": "He Named Two Kinds Of Worker, And He Sent For Both.", "focusHead": "OUR FOCUS TODAY", "focusText": "Find what replaces the Red Sea as the thing people say about God, then work out which of the two workers in verse 16 is more like you.", "scripturesHead": "TODAY'S SCRIPTURES", "scriptureKey": "The key: Jeremiah 16:14–15", "scriptureList": [ "Jeremiah 16:13 — the scattering, and why", "Jeremiah 16:14–15 — no more said; but rather", "Jeremiah 16:16 — many fishers, many hunters", "Jeremiah 16:17 — mine eyes are upon all their ways", "Hebrews 11:29; 1 Nephi 4:2 — the Red Sea, still quoted", "2 Nephi 10:20–21 — Lehi, scattered to be preserved" ], "aiUseHead": "HOW WE USE AI", "aiUse": [ "Compare: Red Sea power against gathering power.", "Unpack: How do a fisher and a hunter differ?", "Trace: Who else quoted the Red Sea, and when?", "Stay Spiritual: AI supports — the Spirit teaches." ], "aiPromptHead": "AI PROMPT TO TRY", "aiPrompt": "\"Jeremiah 16:14-15 says that one day people will no longer describe God's power by saying He brought Israel out of Egypt, but will say instead that He brought them back from all the lands where they had been scattered. Explain why the gathering of Israel would be an even greater display of power than parting the Red Sea. Then explain Jeremiah 16:16 — why does the Lord compare the people who help gather Israel to fishers and to hunters, and how are those two jobs different?\"", "afterHead": "AFTER YOU GET A RESULT", "after": [ "Mark the turn in verses 14 and 15.", "Write fisher or hunter in your journal.", "Put one real name beside it." ], "rememberHead": "REMEMBER", "rememberText": "A fisher waits in one place and is patient. A hunter goes out and covers ground. The Lord said He would send for many of both, so being the first kind is not a lesser way of helping.", "bandHeading": "EXAMPLE QUESTIONS WE CAN EXPLORE WITH AI", "bandQuestions": [ "What is the gathering?", "Why greater than Egypt?", "Fisher or hunter?", "Why were they scattered?", "Was Lehi scattered too?" ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord.", "attribution": "Jeremiah 16:16" }, "artPrompt": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of two fishermen on a small wooden boat drawing a wet net up out of still water at sunrise, long light across the lake, hills behind them." }, { "card": 2, "sectionName": "TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE", "tagline": "Say It Anyway.", "title": "JEREMIAH 16 — TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE", "subtitle": "Put The Real Reason On The Board. Then Answer It From Scripture.", "goalHead": "DISCUSSION GOAL", "goalText": "Name out loud the actual reasons a teenager does not share the gospel, and then find that every one of them has already been answered by something we read this month.", "howHead": "HOW TO DISCUSS", "how": [ "Answer each other, not only the teacher.", "The awkward reasons are the useful ones.", "No advice unless somebody asks for it.", "Keep the Savior at the center." ], "aiHead": "CONTINUE TO USE AI", "aiText": "Take one concern off the board and find a scripture that answers it, then bring back the verse and why it helps.", "questionsHead": "THINK ABOUT THESE TOGETHER", "questions": [ "What actually stops people our age from saying anything about the gospel — not the polite reason, the real one?", "Monday we read the Lord's answer to I cannot speak, I am a child. Look at the board. Which of those concerns did He already answer?", "Elder Rasband said the gathering is the recognition that the worth of souls is great. How does that change this from a job into one person?" ], "bandHeading": "EXAMPLE QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS", "bandQuestions": [ "What stops me?", "What would I even say?", "Who already said no?", "Am I a fisher or hunter?", "Whose soul is it worth?" ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.", "attribution": "Doctrine and Covenants 18:10" }, "artPrompt": "A natural photograph of two teenagers talking at a school locker in bright morning light, one listening closely to the other, other students moving past in the background." }, { "card": 3, "sectionName": "CHRIST-CENTERED ACTION", "tagline": "Walk Back Down.", "title": "JEREMIAH 16 — CHRIST-CENTERED ACTION", "subtitle": "Nobody Publishes Water They Have Not Tasted.", "columns": [ { "head": "START WITH JESUS", "text": "It is His gathering and His power that does it. He came to seek and to save that which was lost, and He is still the one going after the one.", "citation": "See Luke 19:10; 15:4–6; 3 Nephi 10:18.", "art": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of the resurrected Savior in white robes walking across open hill country at sunrise carrying a single lamb against His shoulder, wide valley behind Him, no other symbols in the scene." }, { "head": "GREATER THAN THE SEA", "text": "The day comes when nobody describes God's power by Egypt any more, because the gathering will be the bigger thing. President Nelson: the greatest manifestations of the Savior's power the world has ever seen.", "citation": "See Jeremiah 16:14–15; Doctrine and Covenants 110:11.", "art": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a long line of travellers on foot coming over a high ridge toward the viewer from many directions, bright dawn light ahead of them." }, { "head": "ASK TO BE USED", "text": "Let your Heavenly Father know that you want to help. Ask Him to put you to work in this glorious cause. That is a prayer you can say this morning, and He answers it with names.", "citation": "See Jeremiah 33:3; Alma 29:9; Doctrine and Covenants 4:2–3.", "art": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a teenager sitting on the edge of a bed with head bowed and hands folded in a quiet room at dawn, first light coming through the blinds." } ], "ideasHead": "IDEAS: HOW COULD I HELP?", "ideas": [ "Pray for one name.", "Ask about their week.", "Invite them to something.", "Answer one real question.", "Send them one verse.", "Take a family name." ], "planHead": "MAKE A PLAN", "planQuestion": "Who is the one person, and what will you actually do?", "plan": [ "Who came to mind while we were reading?", "Are you fishing or hunting with this person?", "What is the first thing you say, and when?" ], "challengeHead": "CHALLENGE THIS WEEK", "challengeText": "Pray by name for the person on your plan, then do the one small thing you wrote down before Monday — an invitation, a question, a verse, or just sitting with them.", "rememberHead": "REMEMBER", "rememberText": "You came back to the fountain yourself on Wednesday. That is the only qualification this asks for — you are not carrying water you have never tasted.", "scrollQuote": { "text": "Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people.", "attribution": "Isaiah 12:4" }, "artPrompt": "" } ], "journalPrompt": "Before you write anything, pray and tell Heavenly Father you want to help gather Israel, and ask Him to put you to work. Then write the plan: the name of one person, whether you are fishing or hunting with them, the first thing you will say or do, and the day you will do it. Add anything that came to you while you were praying — including a name you were not expecting." }