Table of Contents Overview of Jeremiah ..............................................................................................................................6 The Message of Jeremiah ....................................................................................................................................9 Chapter One .............................................................................................................................................10 The Prophet’s Background ...............................................................................................................................10 Begin Jeremiah Chapter One..............................................................................................................................12 The Prophet’s Call..............................................................................................................................................13 The Prophet’s Confirming Visions ....................................................................................................................16 The Prophet’s Challenge...................................................................................................................................18 Jeremiah in the New Testament.........................................................................................................................20 Chapter Two.............................................................................................................................................21 Prophecies concerning Judah.............................................................................................................................21 Chapter Three ..........................................................................................................................................36 A Call to Repentance ...........................................................................................................................................37 Chapter Four ...........................................................................................................................................44 An Imminent Invasion ........................................................................................................................................45 Sorrow for the Doomed Nation .........................................................................................................................48 Chapter Five .............................................................................................................................................51 The Justice of Godʹs Judgment...........................................................................................................................51 God’s Fruitless Vineyard will be Pillaged........................................................................................................54 Chapter Six ...............................................................................................................................................59 Impending Destruction from the North ...........................................................................................................59 Chapter Seven..........................................................................................................................................65 False religion and its punishment (Chapters. 7-10) ........................................................................................65 Chapter Eight ...........................................................................................................................................75 A Mini Review of the Ministry of Jeremiah .....................................................................................................75 The Peril of False Teaching.................................................................................................................................77 The Prophet Mourns for the People ..................................................................................................................82 Chapter Nine............................................................................................................................................84 A Mini Review of the Message in the Temple Gate........................................................................................84 The Coming Desolation of the Land of Judah Vividly Described ................................................................87 The People Mourn in Judgment.........................................................................................................................88 Chapter Ten..............................................................................................................................................92 The Coming Captivity of Judah.........................................................................................................................94 Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................................................................97 The Message on the Broken Covenant..........................................................................................................97 Copy of the Book of the Law Found .................................................................................................................98 The Violation of the Covenant (11:1-17) ...........................................................................................................98 The Consequences of Violating the Covenant ...............................................................................................101 Chapter Twelve .....................................................................................................................................104 Jeremiah’s Question to Jehovah.......................................................................................................................104 The LORD Answers Jeremiah..........................................................................................................................105 1 Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................................................................110 Symbol of the Linen Sash..................................................................................................................................110 The Parable of the Wine Skins (Bottles-Jars)...............................................................................................113 Pride Precedes Captivity...................................................................................................................................114 Chapter Fourteen...................................................................................................................................117 The Drought and Prayer in Chapters 14 and 15............................................................................................117 The People Plead for Mercy .............................................................................................................................121 Chapter Fifteen......................................................................................................................................123 The LORD Will Not Relent...............................................................................................................................123 The Prayer of Hezekiah to Save Jerusalem ...............................................................................................124 Jeremiahʹs Dejection ..........................................................................................................................................126 The LORD Reassures Jeremiah........................................................................................................................129 Chapter Sixteen .....................................................................................................................................131 Jeremiah’s Restrictions ......................................................................................................................................131 The Sin of The People of Judah..................................................................................................................133 God Will Restore Israel .....................................................................................................................................134 Chapter Seventeen................................................................................................................................137 Judahʹs Sin and Punishment.............................................................................................................................137 Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance........................................................................................................................140 Chapter Eighteen...................................................................................................................................145 The Potter and the Clay ....................................................................................................................................145 Godʹs Warning Rejected....................................................................................................................................148