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    JEREMIAH

    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)

      • False 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)