Outline 1. The Call of Jeremiah ( 1:1–19 ) 2. Prophesies for Judah ( 2:1–45:5 ) a. Warnings to Judah ( 2:1–29:32 ) i. The Sin of the People ( 2:1–37 ) ii. A Plea for Repentance ( 3:1–4:4 ) iii. Judgment is Coming ( 4:5–6:30 ) iv. The Temple Sermon ( 7:1–10:25 ) v. The Broken Covenant ( 11:1–12:17 ) vi. Parables and Warning ( 13:1–27 ) vii. Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague ( 14:1–15:9 ) viii. Jeremiah’s Woes ( 15:10–17:27 ) ix. Parables of Persecution ( 18:1–20:17 ) x. Jeremiah and the Kings of Judah ( 21:1–23:40 ) 1. King Zedekiah and Jeremiah ( 21:1–10 ) 2. A Message to the House of David ( 21:11–23:8 ) a. To the Royal House of Judah ( 21:11–22:9 ) b. To Individual Kings of Judah ( 22:10–30 ) c. The Coming Righteous Branch of David ( 23:1–8 ) 3. The False Prophets ( 23:9–40 ) xi. The Good and Bad Figs ( 24:1–10 ) xii. Seventy Years of Captivity in Babylon ( 25:1–38 ) xiii. Jeremiah Rejected by Leadership ( 26:1–28:17 ) 1. The Plot to Kill Jeremiah ( 26:1–24 ) 2. The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar ( 27:1–28:17 ) xiv. Letter to the Exiles in Babylon ( 29:1–32 ) b. Hope for Israel and Judah ( 30:1–33:26 ) i. Restoration of Israel and Judah ( 30:1–31:25 ) ii. The New Covenant ( 31:26–40 ) iii. Jeremiah Buys Hanamel’s Field ( 32:1–44 ) iv. Promise of Future Restoration ( 33:1–13 ) v. The Covenant with David ( 33:14–26 ) c. Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem ( 34:1–45:5 ) i. Events Leading to the Fall of Jerusalem ( 34:1–38:28 ) 1. Prophecy against Zedekiah ( 34:1–7 ) 2. Freedom for Hebrew Slaves ( 34:8–22 ) 3. Obedience of the Rechabites ( 35:1–19 ) 4. Jeremiah’s Scroll ( 36:1–32 ) a. Scroll Read in the Temple ( 36:1–10 ) b. Scroll Read in the Palace ( 36:11–19 ) c. Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll ( 36:20–26 ) d. Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll ( 36:27–32 ) 5. Final Warnings Before the Fall of Jerusalem ( 37:1–38:28 ) a. Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah ( 37:1–10 ) b. Jeremiah Imprisoned ( 37:11–21 ) c. Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern ( 38:1–28 ) ii. The Fall of Jerusalem ( 39:1–18 ) iii. Events After the Fall of Jerusalem ( 40:1–45:5 ) 1. The Remnant in Judah ( 40:1–42:22 ) a. Jeremiah Remains in Judah ( 40:1–6 ) b. Gedaliah Governs in Judah ( 40:7–41:18 ) i. Gedaliah Appointed by Nebuchadnezzar ( 40:7–12 ) ii. The Plot against Gedaliah ( 40:13–16 ) iii. The Assassination of Gedaliah ( 41:1–18 ) c. A Warning against Going to Egypt ( 42:1–22 ) 2. The Remnant Flees to Egypt ( 43:1–44:30 ) a. Jeremiah Taken to Egypt ( 43:1–13 ) b. Judgement on the Jews in Egypt ( 44:1–30 ) 3. Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch ( 45:1–5 ) 3. Prophesies for the Nations ( 46:1–51:64 ) a. Judgment on Egypt ( 46:1–28 ) b. Judgment on the Philistines ( 47:1–7 ) c. Judgement on Moab ( 48:1–47 ) d. Judgment on the Ammonites ( 49:1–6 ) e. Judgement on Edom ( 49:7–22 ) f. Judgment on Damascus ( 49:23–27 ) g. Judgment on Kedar and Hazor ( 49:28–33 ) h. Judgment on Elam ( 49:34–39 ) i. Concerning Babylon ( 50:1–51:64 ) i. A Prophecy against Babylon ( 50:1–3 ) ii. Hope for Israel and Judah ( 50:4–10 ) iii. Babylon’s Fall Is Certain ( 50:11–16 ) iv. Redemption for God’s People ( 50:17–20 ) v. The Destruction of Babylon ( 50:21–51:14 ) vi. Praise to the God of Jacob ( 51:15–19 ) vii. Babylon’s Punishment ( 51:20–58 ) viii. Jeremiah’s Prophecy to Seraiah ( 51:59–64 ) 4. The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted ( 52:1–34 ) a. Nebuchadnezzar Sieges Jerusalem ( 52:1–11 ) b. The Temple Destroyed ( 52:12–23 ) c. Captives Carried to Babylon ( 52:24–30 ) d. Evil-merodach Releases Jehoiachin ( 52:31–34 ) |