JEREMIAH
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS
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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)
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Depth of Israel’s apostasy (1-5)
Israel and Judah guilty of adultery (6-11)
A call to repentance (12-25)
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Repentance brings blessings (1-4)
Disaster to come from the north (5-18)
Jeremiah’s pain over the coming disaster (19-31)
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The people refuse Jehovah’s discipline (1-13)
Destruction but not complete extermination (14-19)
Jehovah calls the people to account (20-31)
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Siege of Jerusalem near (1-9)
Jehovah’s rage on Jerusalem (10-21)
Cruel invasion from the north (22-26)
Jeremiah to serve as a metal tester (27-30)
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False trust in Jehovah’s temple (1-11)
The temple to become like Shiloh (12-15)
Formal worship condemned (16-34)
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The people choose the popular course (1-7)
What wisdom without Jehovah’s word? (8-17)
Jeremiah laments Judah’s breakdown (18-22)
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Jeremiah’s deep sadness (1-3a)
Jehovah calls Judah to account (3b-16)
Lamentation over Judah (17-22)
Boast about knowing Jehovah (23-26)
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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)
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Judah breaks covenant with God (1-17)
Jeremiah likened to a lamb to be slaughtered (18-20)
Opposition from the men of Jeremiah’s hometown (21-23)
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The ruined linen belt (1-11)
Wine jars to be smashed (12-14)
Irreformable Judah to be exiled (15-27)
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Drought, famine, and sword (1-12)
False prophets condemned (13-18)
Jeremiah acknowledges the people’s sins (19-22)
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Jehovah will not change his judgment (1-9)
Jeremiah’s complaint (10)
Jehovah’s answer (11-14)
Jeremiah’s prayer (15-18)
Jeremiah fortified by Jehovah (19-21)
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Jeremiah not to marry, mourn, or feast (1-9)
Punishment, then restoration (10-21)
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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)
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The clay in the potter’s hands (1-12)
Jehovah turns his back on Israel (13-17)
Plot against Jeremiah; his plea (18-23)
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Pashhur strikes Jeremiah (1-6)
Jeremiah cannot stop preaching (7-13)
Jeremiah’s complaint (14-18)
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Good shepherds and bad (1-4)
Security under the “righteous sprout” (5-8)
False prophets condemned (9-32)
“The burden” of Jehovah (33-40)
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Restoration promised (1-13)
Security under the “righteous sprout” (14-16)
Covenant with David and priests (17-26)
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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)
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Chaldeans’ withdrawal only temporary (1-10)
Jeremiah imprisoned (11-16)
Zedekiah meets with Jeremiah (17-21)
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Jeremiah thrown into a cistern (1-6)
Ebed-melech rescues Jeremiah (7-13)
Jeremiah urges Zedekiah to surrender (14-28)
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The fall of Jerusalem (1-10)
Jeremiah to be safeguarded (11-14)
Ebed-melech’s life to be spared (15-18)
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Nebuzaradan frees Jeremiah (1-6)
Gedaliah appointed over the land (7-12)
Plot against Gedaliah (13-16)
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Prophecy against Ammon (1-6)
Prophecy against Edom (7-22)
Prophecy against Damascus (23-27)
Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor (28-33)
Prophecy against Elam (34-39)
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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)