bible_jeremiah

I.  The prophet and his people (1:1-18:23)

Introduction (1:1-3)
Call to service (1:4-19)
Apostate condition of Israel (2:1-6:30)
Faith in temples and idols condemned (7:1-10:25)
The covenant without obedience is fultile (11:1-12:17)
Two signs of captivity (13:1-27)
Intercessory prayer is useless (14:1-15:21)
The sign of imminent captivity (16:1-21)
Faith in man denounced (17:1-27)
A lesson in the potter’s house (18:1-23)

II.  The prophet and the leaders (19:1-29:32)

The priests and elders — Jeremiah imprisoned (19:1-20:18)
Zedekiah confers with Jeremiah (21:1-14)
Captivity for kings and false prophets (22:1-24:10)
Cup of wrath for all nations (25:1-38)
Ahikam saves Jeremiah from martyrdom (26:1-24)
False prophets in Jerusalem and Babylon (27:1-29:32)

III.  The promise of restoration (30:1-33:26)

The remnant restored — a new covenant (30:1-31:40)
Jeremiah’s real estate purchase (32:1-44)
Fulfillment of the Davidic covenant (33:1-26)

IV.  Disintegration of the kingdom (34:1-39:18)

Unfaithful leaders contrasted with Rechabites (34:1-22)
Warning to laity and leaders (35:1-36:32)
The fall of Jerusalem (37:1-39:18)

V.  The migration to Egypt (40:1-45:5)

Settlement at Mizpah under Gedaliah (40:1-12)
Bloodshed and disruption (40:13-41:18)
En route to Egypt (42:1-43:7)
Jeremiah’s messages in Egypt (43:8-44:30)
The promise to Baruch (45:1-5)

VI.  Prophecies concerning nations and cities (46:1-51:64)

Egypt (46:1-28)
Phiistia (47:1-7)
Moab (48:1-47)
Ammon (49:1-6)
Edom (49:7-22)
Damascus (49:23-27)
Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33)
Elam (49:34-39)
Babylon (50:1-51:64)

VII.  Appendix or conclusion (52:1-34)

Conquest and plunder of Jerusalem (52:1-23)
Condemnation of officials (52:24-27)
Deportations (52:28-34)