This is the page for all my resources and documents for the book of Jeremiah. The first section contains documents that survey the entire book. The second section has a survey video lecture covering the entire book. The next section is broken down by each passage. Click the label of any document or video to expand for access. Click the label of any passage to expand for access to documents and information about each individual passage. Feel free to use and distribute any information you find helpful as long as you give credit where appropriate.
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Individual Passages
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1:1-19 Jeremiah's Call
1:1-19 Jeremiah's Call
2:1-25:38 Judgment for Idolatry
2:1-3:5 Accusation Against Israel
2:1-4 Israel's Good Beginning
2:5-8 Israel Forsook and Ignored God
2:9-19 Twofold Accusation Against Israel
2:20-30 Israel is Arrogant and Unrepentant
2:31-3:5 Illustrations of Israel's Rebellion
3:6-4:4 Call for Judah to Repent
3:6-13 Judah is Worse than Israel
3:14-20 Invitation to Return to the Lord
3:21-4:2 Call to Repent and Return
4:3-4 Circumcise Your Hearts
4:5-6:30 Announcement of Judgment
4:5-10 Destruction from the North
4:11-26 Desolation from a Whirlwind
4:27-31 The Land Will Mourn and Groan
5:1-6 Failed Search for One Upright Person
5:7-13 The People Have Forsaken the Lord
5:14-19 God is Bringing a Nation Against Them
5:20-31 The People Deserve This Punishment
6:1-8 Warning Announcement of Jerusalem's Destruction
6:7-15 The People Reject God's Word
6:16-21 The People are Reaping Right Judgment
6:22-30 The Army From the North
7:1-9:22 Proclamation of Judgment at the Temple
7:1-19 The Temple Wont' Protect Idolaters
7:20-29 Sacrifices Won't Protect the Disobedient
7:30-8:3 The Crimes and Punishments of Judah
8:4-12 All Practice Deceit
8:13-17 God Has Doomed Them
8:18-9:6 There is No Healing for the People
9:7-16 God Will Test and Punish Them
9:17-22 The Women Will Weep Because of the Destruction
9:23-24 Boast in the Lord
9:23-24 Boast in the Lord
9:25-11:17 Judgment on the Nations, including Israel
9:25-26 The Nations Will Be Punished
10:1-16 God is Greater Than Idols
10:17-22 Coming Judgment
10:23-25 Jeremiah Prays for Judgment on the Nations
11:1-17 Israel Has Broken the Covenant
11:18-23 God Protects Jeremiah from His Enemies
11:18-23 God Protects Jeremiah From His Enemies
12:1-14:18 Punishment for Injustice and Idolatry
12:1-4 Jeremiah Complains About Injustice
12:5-17 It Will Get Worse Before It Will Get Better
13:1-11 Judah Will Be Ruined Like a Linen Belt
13:12-14 God Will Fill the Land With Drunkenness
13:15-27 Punishment is Coming Because of Idolatry
14:1-10 Judgment of Drought & Famine
14:11-18 The Lying Prophets Will Be Punished
14:19-15:21 Jeremiah Unsuccessfully Intercedes for Judah
14:19-22 Prayer For Mercy
15:1-10 God Will Not Have Pity on Judah
15:11-14 God Will Punish For a Purpose
15:15-18 Jeremiah Pleads for His Own Protection
15:19-21 Call to Repentance and Steadfastness
16:1-17:18 Message of Judgment
16:1-9 Jeremiah's Lifestyle to Demonstrate Destruction
16:10-13 Message of Destruction and Its Reasons
16:14-15 Message of Hope of Restoration After Punishment
16:16-18 Warning of Punishment
16:19-21 God Will Teach the Nations
17:1-4 Judah's Sin and Its Result
17:5-13 Trust in Man vs. Trust in God
17:14-18 Jeremiah's Prayer for Deliverance
17:19-20:18 Jeremiah's Proclamation of Judgment and its Reception
17:19-27 Breaking and Keeping the Sabbath
18:1-12 Vision at the Potter's House
18:13-17 Accusation and Punishment
18:18-23 Plot Against Jeremiah and Prayer
19:1-15 Prophecy of Broken Jar
20:1-6 Jeremiah Prophesies Against a Priest
20:7-18 Jeremiah Complains and Worships
21:1-23:8 The Kings of Judah
21:1-7 Prophecy About Zedekiah the King
21:8-14 Warning and Prophecy Against the People of Judah
22:1-10 Prophecy Against the King of Judah
22:11-17 Prophecy Against Shallum Son of Josiah
22:18-23 Prophecy Against Jehoiakim
22:24-30 Prophecy Against Jehoiachin
23:1-8 The Promise of a Branch for David
23:9-40 Against False Prophets
23:9-15 Prophecy Against the Lying Prophets
23:16-24 Warning Against False Prophets
23:25-32 Judgment on False Prophets
23:33-40 Disgrace on False Prophets & the People Who Seek Them
24:1-25:14 The Exiles in Babylon
24:1-10 Prophecy of Baskets of Figs
25:1-11 Verdict of Judgment via Babylon for 70 Years
25:12-14 Verdict of Judgment on Babylon at the end of 70 Years
25:15-38 Judgment from Babylon
25:15-31 Judgment of the Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations
25:32-38 Prophecy of Judgment and Disaster
26:1-28:17 Biographical Interlude
26:1-24 Jeremiah Threatened with Death
26:1-9 Jeremiah Proclaims the Word and is Arrested
26:12-16 Some Try to Kill Jeremiah
26:17-24 The Elders Protect Jeremiah from Death
27:1-22 Oracle of a Yoke
27:1-11 Oracle Counseling Surrender to Nebuchadnezzar
27:12-15 Jeremiah Delivered This Oracle to Zedekiah
27:16-22 Jeremiah Delivered This Oracle to All the People
28:1-17 Jeremiah vs. Hananiah
28:1-4 Hananiah Falsely Prophesies Victory
28:5-11 Jeremiah Mistakenly Believes This False Prophecy
28:12-17 Oracle Rejecting and Punishing Hananiah's False Prophecy
Consolation and Hope
29:1-23 Letter to the Exiles
29:1-3 Jeremiah Sent a Letter to the Exiles
29:4-9 Settle in Babylon and Seek the Prosperity of That City
29:10-14 After 70 Years, Will Return Because of God's Plan
29:15-19 Those Still in Jerusalem Will Be Judged
29:20-23 False Prophets Will Be Punished
29:24-32 Message to Shemaiah
29:24-32 Message to Shemaiah
30:1-31:14 Promise of Restoration
30:1-11 Promise of Restoration
30:12-17 You Deserve Your PUnishemnt, But I Will Restore
30:18-24 Promised Restoration
31:1-6 Just Like the Past, I Will Be With You
31:7-14 I Will Bring Them Back to the Land
31:15-40 The New Covenant
31:15-22 The Mourning for Sin Will Be Completed
31:23-30 I Will Watch Over My People For Blessing
31:31-34 Promise of a New Covenant
31:35-37 Oath Certifying the New Covenant Promise
31:38-40 The City Will Be Rebuilt
32:1-44 Jeremiah Buys a Field as Symbol of Everlasting Covenant
32:1-5 Jeremiah Imprisoned as The City Beseiged
32:6-15 Jeremiah Bought a Field as a Sign of Restoration
32:16-25 Prayer of Hope Regarding the Field
32:26-35 The City Will Be Captured Because of Idolatry
32:36-44 Promise of Restoration and an Everlasting Covenant
33:1-13 Restoration - Life From Death
33:1-9 The City Will Experience Death, then Healing
33:10-13 The Desolate Place Will Be Inhabited Again
33:14-26 Promise of a Branch
33:14-18 Promise of a Branch from David's Line
33:19-26 Oath Certifying the Promise of a Branch
34:1-45:5 Biographical Interlude
34:1-39:18 Failure of Leadership
34:1-22 Hypocritical Freeing of Slaves
34:1-7 Jeremiah Gave a Message to King Zedekiah
34:8-22 Message of Judgment for Hypocritical Freeing of Slaves
35:1-19 Lesson from the Recabites
35:1-11 The Recabites Faithfully Followed their Forefather's Tradition
35:12-16 Lesson - Obedience to Tradition vs. Disobedience to God
35:17-19 Punishment For the People, Blessing for the Recabites
36:1-32 God's Word on a Scroll is Stronger than the King's Word
36:1-10 Jeremiah Dictates a Scroll and Baruch Proclaims It
36:11-26 the King Burned the Scroll
36:27-32 Scroll Duplicated, Adding Punishment For the King
37:1-38:28 Jeremiah is Imprisoned and Rescued Twice
37:1-10 Zedekiah Warned that the Babylonians Would Win
37:11-16 Jeremiah Arrested and Put in a Dungeon
37:17-21 Jeremiah Tells the King Babylon Will Win
38:1-6 Jeremiah is Thrown Into a Cistern
38:7-13 Jeremiah is Rescued From the Cistern
38:14-28 Jeremiah Gives the King Advice, and is Protected
39:1-18 The Fall of Jerusalem
39:1-10 The City Destroyed and the King Captured
39:11-18 Jeremiah and Another Faithful Man Rescued
40:1-45:5 Failure After the Fall of Jerusalem
40:1-43:13 The People Flee to Egypt
40:1-6 Jeremiah Was Set Free
40:7-12 The Jews Prospered in Judah Under Babylon's Governor
40:13-41:15 The Governor Was Assassinated and Chaos Came to Judah
41:16-18 Some Fled to Egypt
42:1-22 Blessing if They Stay, Warning if they Go to Egypt
43:1-7 The People Disobeyed and Went to Egypt
43:8-13 Prophecy Against Egypt and Those Who Went There
44:1-30 Judgment for Idolatry
44:1-14 Message of Judgment for Idolatry
44:15-23 People Rejected God's Message and Persist in Idolatry
44:24-30 God's Rebuke and Message of Judgment
45:1-5 Message to Baruch, No Self-Pity in Judgment
46:1-51:64 Against the Nations
46:1 Intro to Messages Concerning the Nations
46:2-28 Concerning Egypt
46:2-12 Concerning Pharaoh Neco and Defeat at Carchemesh
46:13-26 Concerning Babylon's Destruction of Egypt
46:27-28 Hope for Israel in Midst of Egypt's Punishment
47:1-7 Concerning Philistines
48:1-47 Concerning Moab
49:1-6 Concerning Ammon
49:7-22 Concerning Edom
49:23-27 Concerning Damascus
49:28-33 Concerning Kedar and Hazor
49:34-39 Concerning Elam
50:1-51:64 Concerning Babylon
50:1-17 Babylon Will Be Conquered
50:18-32 God is Against Babylon
50:33-40 God Protects Israel, But Destroys Babylon
50:41-46 God's Plan for Babylon's Destruction
51:1-23 God Commands Babylon's Destruction
51:24-32 God Will Repay Babylon For What They Did
51:33-35 Blood Upon Babylon
51:36-57 Babylon Will Fall
51:58-64 Jeremiah Sent This Message to Babylon
52:1-34 The Fall of Jerusalem
52:1-11 Zedekiah Rebelled and Jerusalem Captured
52:12-23 The Temple Was Destroyed
52:24-30 Leaders Killed and Judah Sent Into Captivity
52:31-34 King Jehoiachin Released from Captivity