JEREMIAH OUTLINE
The “Weeping Prophet.” He wrote in Judah.
THEME: Babylon’s conquest of Judah, 627-587 BC
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Key Words
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CALL |
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INTRODUCTION (1:1-3) |
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In thirteenth year the reign of Josiah, son of Amon, King of Judah, and in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the 11th year of Zedekiah, son of Josiah |
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Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of Priestly heritage |
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From Anathoth, priestly city two miles north of Jerusalem in the land of Benjamin
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I. JEREMIAH’S CALL |
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A. Appointed a prophet to the nations (1:4-10) |
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“Be not afraid; for I am with you... I have put my words in your mouth...to pluck up and break down to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
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B. Almond Rod (Heb. “shaked”) (1:11-12) |
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Jehovah watches over (Heb. “shoked”) His word |
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(“Almond” in Hebrew sounds like the Hebrew word for “watching”.)
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C. Boiling pot. –Babylon coming from the North to scald Judah. (1:13-19) |
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Jeremiah to arise and warn. Do not fear, Jehovah will strengthen you. (17) They will not prevail because I am with you. (19)
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II. EARLY MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH (2:--25:) |
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(Mostly, oracles to 605 BC)
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APOSTASY |
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Apostasy and Punishment (2:1—6:30) |
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Remember your good beginning. (2:1-3) |
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Why did you leave? (2:4-8) |
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Have other nations changed their gods? (2:9-11) |
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Two evils. (Broken cisterns of idolatry.) 2:12-13 |
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Why you are in this mess (2:14-37) |
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Playing the harlot (1-5)
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In the reign of Josaiah, king of Judah. (3:6) |
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“RETURN” |
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Call to Return.(6-25) |
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-Judah worse than Israel (3:6-11) |
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-Return and be Healed (3:12-25) |
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WARNING |
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Break up the fallow ground. Circumcise your hearts.(1-4) |
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Sound the alarm! (5-10) |
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Hot destroying wind. (11-18) |
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Jeremiah’s anguished cry (19-26) |
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Jehovah’s Judgment. (19-31) |
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CORRUPTED |
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Not one righteous man (1-2). |
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Appeal to Jehovah because of their hard faces (3-6) |
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Jehovah’s response (7-31) |
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A nation will come from afar (5:15) |
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“Wonderful and horrible thing...” (30-31) |
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FLEE! |
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Flee for safety (1-8) |
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The thoroughly gleaned vine (9) |
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“Peace, Peace” but there is no peace (14) |
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Return to old paths (16-21) |
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Destruction coming from the North. (22-26) |
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Jeremiah set as a watchtower to warn them (27-30
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Message in the temple gate |
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TEMPLE |
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False trust in the temple. |
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(Fast-day message to king Jehoiakim) |
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BONES |
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Their bones shall be for dung upon the earth.(1-3) |
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God offers forgiveness but they perpetually backslide (4-7) |
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They could not blush (8-12) |
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To be utterly consumed.(13-17) |
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No hope left--the time for harvest is past.(18-22) |
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WEEPING |
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Lamentation for their uncircumcised hearts. (1-6) |
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Thus saith the Lord—His judgment for their sins (7-24) |
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The coming days when the circumcised and uncircumcised will be punished together (25-26) |
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CUSTOMS |
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Making idols. (1-16) |
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God will sling them out of the land (17-18) |
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Woe is me! (19-22) Plea for mercy.(23-25)
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COVENANT |
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“Hear ye the words of the Covenant”(1-8) |
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Conspiracy by the men of Judah and Jerusalem. (9-20) |
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Conspiracy by the men of Anathoth (21-23)
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COMPLAINT |
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Why do the wicked prosper? (1-13). |
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Jehovah: Judgment and restoration will come (14-17).
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GIRDLE |
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Judah’s pride to be marred as a ruined girdle. (1-11).
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They will be like Bottles filled with wine and broken.(12-27)
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DROUGHT |
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Concerning the drought (1-6) |
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Dialogue between Jeremiah and God about their sin and His judgment (7-22) |
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MOSES |
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Moses and Samuel could not prevent their judgment. (1-9) |
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Jeremiah: Woe is me...a man of contention (10-18) |
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Jehovah: Stand firm and I will deliver you (19-21)
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DO NOT MARRY |
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Sign: Jeremiah not to take a wife. The coming death. (16:1-4) |
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Not to mourn the dead (5-9) |
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Explanation for the coming death (10-13) |
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Coming Captivity: Fishers and hunters coming (14-18) |
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Appeal of Jeremiah (19,20) |
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Response of Jehovah (21) |
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IRON PEN |
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Judgment on Judah’s for sin engraved on their hearts (1-4) |
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Cursed are those who trust in men (5-6) |
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Blessed is the man who trusts Jehovah (7-12) |
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Prayer for deliverance (13-18)
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Sabbath. Warning in the gates. (19-27).
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CLAY |
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Sign: Clay in the potter’s hand. (1-17). |
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Jeremiah attacked (18) |
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Jeremiah’s prayer (19-23).
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BOTTLE |
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Sign: Potter’s earthen bottle to be broken in Hinnon. |
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-They will eat their children (19:6; cf. Deut 28:52) |
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-They will bury in Topheth (11) |
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Message in temple court (14-15).
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IMPRISONED |
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Jeremiah Imprisoned by Pashur, son of the priest (1-6) |
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Jeremiah’s Prayer: “A fire within “ (7-18)
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When King Zedekiah sent Pashur to inquire of Jeremiah |
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ZEDEKIAH |
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Pashur sent to inquire of Jeremiah (21:1-2) |
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Answer: “surrender or die”.(3-14).
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JEHOIAKIM |
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Jehoiakim condemned for building a lavish house. |
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His father, Shallum (Jehoahaz) to die in Egypt (22:11) |
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Jehoiakim to be buried like an ass. (22:19) |
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His throne to fall. (22:20-23) |
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His seed no more to prosper. (22:24-31)
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FALSE-PROPHETS |
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Woe unto the unfaithful shepherds.(23:1-4) |
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MESSIAH: The righteous branch. (23:5-8) |
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False Prophets: A horrible thing (23:9-40)
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After Jeconiah (Zedekiah) was carried to Babylon |
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FIGS |
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Two baskets of figs. |
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-First: Choicest return. (2-7) |
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-Second: Bad, never return. (8-10)
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Fourth year of Jehoiakim, Son of Josiah (1) |
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70 YEARS |
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Jews to be in Babylon 70 years (2-11) |
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After 70 years all nations to drink the same cup (12-33). |
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Howl, ye shepherds! (34-30)
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III. LATER MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH (26:--52:) |
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(By Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe: mostly, biographical) |
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TRIAL |
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Jeremiah speaks in temple against Jerusalem (2-6). |
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Jeremiah put on trial for speaking. (7-19). |
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Micah’s prophecy cited in defense (17-19, cf. Mic. 3:12) |
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Urijah the prophet slain by king Jehoiakim (20-23). Jeremiah saved by Ahikim (24)
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YOKES |
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Sign: Cattle yokes sent to kings that they would serve Babylon.
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HANANIAH |
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Hananiah Breaks Jeremiah’s yoke.(1-11)
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Sign: Iron Yokes--Message to Hananiah and his death for false-prophecy. (12-17)
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LETTER |
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Jeremiah’s letter to the captives in Babylon (1-3) |
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Settle down for 70 years. (4-20) |
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Warning to false prophets --Ahab & Zedekiah (21-23) |
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Warning against Shemaiah’s letters. (24-32)
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THE BOOK OF CONSOLATION (chapters 30-31, and possibly 32-33) |
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RESTORATION |
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Command to write the revelations in a book (1-2) Israel and Judah to be restored -MESSIANIC (3-24) |
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COVENANT |
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After captivity Jehovah will restore them. (1-26) |
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-MESSIAH: Rachael weeping (15; cf. Mat. 2:16) |
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The coming new covenant written on their hearts. (27-34) -MESSIAH: (31-34; cf. Heb. 8:8-12) Firmness of his promise to restore them (35-40)
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when Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem and Jeremiah was in prison for prophecies against Jerusalem (1-5) |
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PRISON #1 |
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Land purchased as sign they would return. (6-15) |
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Jeremiah’s prayer (16-25)
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1. First Prison message under Zedekiah. |
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Nothing is too hard for God (26-36) |
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Jehovah will bring them back again (37-44)
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PRISON #2 |
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2. Second Prison Message |
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Return promised (33:1-18) MESSIAH; The Branch of righteousness (14-15) |
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Covenant unbreakable as day and night (19-22)
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Promise not to cast them off as firm as day and night (23-26)
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