OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Jeremiah appointed as prophet (1-10)

• Vision of the almond tree (11, 12)

• Vision of the cooking pot (13-16)

• Jeremiah fortified for his commission (17-19)

2

• Israel abandons Jehovah for other gods (1-37)

  • Israel like a foreign vine (21)

  • Her skirts stained with blood (34)

3

• Depth of Israel’s apostasy (1-5)

• Israel and Judah guilty of adultery (6-11)

• A call to repentance (12-25)

4

• Repentance brings blessings (1-4)

• Disaster to come from the north (5-18)

• Jeremiah’s pain over the coming disaster (19-31)

5

• The people refuse Jehovah’s discipline (1-13)

• Destruction but not complete extermination (14-19)

• Jehovah calls the people to account (20-31)

6

• Siege of Jerusalem near (1-9)

• Jehovah’s rage on Jerusalem (10-21)

  • Saying “Peace!” when there is no peace (14)

• Cruel invasion from the north (22-26)

• Jeremiah to serve as a metal tester (27-30)

7

• False trust in Jehovah’s temple (1-11)

• The temple to become like Shiloh (12-15)

• Formal worship condemned (16-34)

  • “Queen of Heaven” worshipped (18)

  • Child sacrifice in Hinnom (31)

8

• The people choose the popular course (1-7)

• What wisdom without Jehovah’s word? (8-17)

• Jeremiah laments Judah’s breakdown (18-22)

  • “Is there no balsam in Gilead?” (22)

9

• Jeremiah’s deep sadness (1-3a)

• Jehovah calls Judah to account (3b-16)

• Lamentation over Judah (17-22)

• Boast about knowing Jehovah (23-26)

10

• The gods of the nations versus the living God (1-16)

• Impending destruction and exile (17, 18)

• Jeremiah grieves (19-22)

• The prophet’s prayer (23-25)

  • Man cannot direct his own step (23)

11

• Judah breaks covenant with God (1-17)

  • As many gods as cities (13)

• Jeremiah likened to a lamb to be slaughtered (18-20)

• Opposition from the men of Jeremiah’s hometown (21-23)

12

• Jeremiah’s complaint (1-4)

• Jehovah’s answer (5-17)

13

• The ruined linen belt (1-11)

• Wine jars to be smashed (12-14)

• Irreformable Judah to be exiled (15-27)

  • “Can a Cushite change his skin?” (23)

14

• Drought, famine, and sword (1-12)

• False prophets condemned (13-18)

• Jeremiah acknowledges the people’s sins (19-22)

15

• Jehovah will not change his judgment (1-9)

• Jeremiah’s complaint (10)

• Jehovah’s answer (11-14)

• Jeremiah’s prayer (15-18)

  • Delight in eating God’s words (16)

• Jeremiah fortified by Jehovah (19-21)

16

• Jeremiah not to marry, mourn, or feast (1-9)

• Punishment, then restoration (10-21)

17

• Judah’s sin ingrained (1-4)

• Blessings of trusting in Jehovah (5-8)

• The treacherous heart (9-11)

• Jehovah, the hope of Israel (12, 13)

• Jeremiah’s prayer (14-18)

• Keeping the Sabbath sacred (19-27)

18

• The clay in the potter’s hands (1-12)

• Jehovah turns his back on Israel (13-17)

• Plot against Jeremiah; his plea (18-23)

19

• Jeremiah told to break a clay flask (1-15)

  • Child sacrifice to Baal (5)

20

• Pashhur strikes Jeremiah (1-6)

• Jeremiah cannot stop preaching (7-13)

  • God’s message like a burning fire (9)

  • Jehovah like a fearsome warrior (11)

• Jeremiah’s complaint (14-18)

21

• Jehovah denies Zedekiah’s request (1-7)

• People to choose life or death (8-14)

22

• Judgment messages against bad kings (1-30)

  • Concerning Shallum (10-12)

  • Concerning Jehoiakim (13-23)

  • Concerning Coniah (24-30)

23

• Good shepherds and bad (1-4)

• Security under the “righteous sprout” (5-8)

• False prophets condemned (9-32)

• “The burden” of Jehovah (33-40)

24

• Good figs and bad figs (1-10)

25

• Jehovah’s controversy with the nations (1-38)

  • Nations to serve Babylon for 70 years (11)

  • The cup of wine of God’s wrath (15)

  • Calamity from nation to nation (32)

  • Those slain by Jehovah (33)

26

• Jeremiah threatened with death (1-15)

• Jeremiah spared (16-19)

  • Micah’s prophecy quoted (18)

• The prophet Urijah (20-24)

27

• The yoke of Babylon (1-11)

• Zedekiah told to submit to Babylon (12-22)

28

• Jeremiah versus the false prophet Hananiah (1-17)

29

• Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles in Babylon (1-23)

  • Israel to return after 70 years (10)

• A message to Shemaiah (24-32)

30

• Promises of restoration and healing (1-24)

31

• Israel’s remnant to resettle the land (1-30)

  • Rachel weeps over her children (15)

• A new covenant (31-40)

32

• Jeremiah’s purchase of a field (1-15)

• Jeremiah’s prayer (16-25)

• Jehovah’s answer (26-44)

33

• Restoration promised (1-13)

• Security under the “righteous sprout” (14-16)

• Covenant with David and priests (17-26)

  • Covenant regarding day and night (20)

34

• Judgment message to Zedekiah (1-7)

• Covenant granting slaves liberty broken (8-22)

35

• Rechabites show exemplary obedience (1-19)

36

• Jeremiah dictates a scroll (1-7)

• Baruch reads aloud from the scroll (8-19)

• Jehoiakim burns the scroll (20-26)

• Message rewritten on a new scroll (27-32)

37

• Chaldeans’ withdrawal only temporary (1-10)

• Jeremiah imprisoned (11-16)

• Zedekiah meets with Jeremiah (17-21)

  • Jeremiah provided with bread (21)

38

• Jeremiah thrown into a cistern (1-6)

• Ebed-melech rescues Jeremiah (7-13)

• Jeremiah urges Zedekiah to surrender (14-28)

39

• The fall of Jerusalem (1-10)

  • Zedekiah flees and is captured (4-7)

• Jeremiah to be safeguarded (11-14)

• Ebed-melech’s life to be spared (15-18)

40

• Nebuzaradan frees Jeremiah (1-6)

• Gedaliah appointed over the land (7-12)

• Plot against Gedaliah (13-16)

41

• Gedaliah assassinated by Ishmael (1-10)

• Ishmael put to flight by Johanan (11-18)

42

• People ask Jeremiah to pray for direction (1-6)

• Jehovah replies: “Do not go to Egypt” (7-22)

43

• People disobey and go to Egypt (1-7)

• Jehovah’s word to Jeremiah in Egypt (8-13)

44

• Calamity on Jews in Egypt foretold (1-14)

• People reject God’s warning (15-30)

  • “Queen of Heaven” worshipped (17-19)

45

• Jehovah’s message to Baruch (1-5)

46

• Prophecy against Egypt (1-26)

  • Egypt to be conquered by Nebuchadnezzar (13, 26)

• Promises to Israel (27, 28)

47

• Prophecy against the Philistines (1-7)

48

• Prophecy against Moab (1-47)

49

• Prophecy against Ammon (1-6)

• Prophecy against Edom (7-22)

  • Edom no longer to exist as a nation (17, 18)

• Prophecy against Damascus (23-27)

• Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor (28-33)

• Prophecy against Elam (34-39)

50

• Prophecy against Babylon (1-46)

  • Flee out of Babylon (8)

  • Israel to be brought back (17-19)

  • Babylon’s water to be dried up (38)

  • Babylon to be uninhabited (39, 40)

51

• Prophecy against Babylon (1-64)

  • Babylon to fall suddenly to the Medes (8-12)

  • Book thrown into the Euphrates (59-64)

52

• Zedekiah rebels against Babylon (1-3)

• Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem (4-11)

• Destruction of the city and the temple (12-23)

• People taken into exile to Babylon (24-30)

• Jehoiachin released from prison (31-34)