OUTLINE OF JEREMIAH

INTRODUCTION:  JEREMIAH’S CALL AND CONSECRATION (ch. 1).

I.      CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM – TIME OF JOSIAH      (ch. 2-20).

A.      Love and Faithfulness of Jehovah – Israel’s Disloyalty and idolatry (2:1 – 3:5).

B.      Rejection of impenitent Israel (3:6 – 6:30).

C.      Which Way to Salvation? – The Vanity of Putting Trust in the Temple and in the

          Sacrificial Services (ch. 7-10).

D.      Judah’s Faithfulness to the Covenant, and the Consequences (ch. 11-13).

E.      Judah’s Punishment is Determined by God – A Word Concerning the Drought (ch. 14-17).

F.      The Potter’s Clay and the Earthen Pitcher(ch. 18-20).

II.     SPECIAL PRECICTIONS OF THE JUDGMENT TO BE

        ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CHALDEANS AND OF THE MESSIANIC

        SALVATION (ch. 21-33).

A.      Predictions of Judgment on Judah and the Nations (ch. 21-29).

B.      The Book of Consolation – Deliverance for All Israel (ch. 30-33).

III.    THE LABOR AND SUFFERING OF THE PROPHET BEFORE AND

        AFTER THE CONQUEST AND DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM

        (ch. 34-35).

A.      Under Zedekiah, and the events of Jehoiakim’s time – Obedience vs. Disobedience

          (ch. 34-36).

B.      Last Days of Jerusalem – During the Siege and Capture of the City (ch. 37-39).

C.      After the Destruction of Jerusalem (ch. 40-45).

IV.   CONCERNING FOREIGN NATIONS (ch. 46-51).

A.      Egypt (ch. 46).

B.      Philistines (ch. 47).

C.      Moab (ch. 48).

D.      Smaller Nations (ch. 49).

E.      Babylon (ch. 50-51).

APPENDIX – HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM,

THE FATE OF ZEDEKIAH AND THE PEOPLE,

THE LIBERATION OF JEHOIACHIN (ch. 52).