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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
JEREMIAH

CHAPTERS

  • Jer. 1
  • Jeremiah foreordained to be a prophet unto the nations—He is called, as a mortal, to declare the word of the Lord.

  • Jer. 2
  • The Jews forsook the Lord, the fountain of living waters—They changed their gods, worshipped idols, and rejected the prophets.

  • Jer. 3
  • Israel and Judah defiled and polluted the land through wickedness—In the last days, the Lord will gather Israel, one of a city and two of a family, and bring them to Zion.

  • Jer. 4
  • Israel and Judah called to repentance—Jeremiah laments for the miseries of Judah.

  • Jer. 5
  • Judgments shall be poured out upon the Jews because of their sins—Their iniquities cause blessings to be withheld from them.

  • Jer. 6
  • Jerusalem shall be destroyed because of her iniquity—She shall be overrun by a great and cruel nation.

  • Jer. 7
  • If Jerusalem repent she shall be preserved—The temple has become a den of robbers—The Lord rejects that generation of Jews for their idolatries—They offer their children in sacrifices.

  • Jer. 8
  • Calamities shall befall the inhabitants of Jerusalem—For them the harvest is past, the summer is ended, and they are not saved.

  • Jer. 9
  • Jeremiah bewails the sins of the people—They will be scattered among the heathen and punished.

  • Jer. 10
  • Learn not the way of the heathen—Their gods are idols and molten images—The Lord is the true and living God.

  • Jer. 11
  • The Jews are cursed for breaking the covenant of obedience—The Lord will not hear their prayers.

  • Jer. 12
  • Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wicked—If other nations learn the ways of Israel, they shall be numbered with them.

  • Jer. 13
  • Israel and Judah shall be as a rotted and decayed girdle—Repentance enjoined—Judah shall be taken captive and scattered as stubble.

  • Jer. 14
  • Jeremiah prays because of dearth and famine—The Lord will not hear because of the wickedness of his people.

  • Jer. 15
  • The Jews shall suffer death and the sword and famine and captivity—They shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth—Jerusalem shall be destroyed.

  • Jer. 16
  • Utter ruin of the Jews foreseen—Israel rejected and scattered for serving false gods—Fishers and hunters shall gather them again, and they shall serve the Lord—Gospel to be restored for last time.

  • Jer. 17
  • Captivity of Judah comes because of sin and forsaking the Lord—Hallow the sabbath day: such shall save the people; otherwise they shall be destroyed.

  • Jer. 18
  • Israel is as potter’s clay in the hands of the Lord—If nations repent, the Lord withholds the evil decreed against them—The Jews shall be scattered.

  • Jer. 19
  • The Lord will bring evil upon Judah—They sacrificed their children to Baal—In the siege they shall eat the flesh of their sons and daughters

  • Jer. 20
  • Jeremiah is smitten and put in the stocks—He prophesies that all Judah shall be taken captive by Babylon.

  • Jer. 21
  • Jeremiah foretells the siege and captivity and destruction of Jerusalem—Zedekiah to be taken captive by Nebuchadrezzar.

  • Jer. 22
  • David’s throne stands or falls on the degree of obedience of the kings—The judgments of the Lord rest upon the kings of Judah.

  • Jer. 23
  • The remnants of Israel shall be gathered in the last days—King Messiah (the Branch) shall reign in righteousness—False prophets who teach lies shall be cursed.

  • Jer. 24
  • Zedekiah and the Jews shall be cursed and scattered—Some shall be gathered back from Chaldea to serve the Lord.

  • Jer. 25
  • Captive Judah shall serve Babylon seventy years—Divers nations shall be overthrown—In the last days all the inhabitants of the earth shall be at war.

  • Jer. 26
  • Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of the people—For this he is arraigned and tried and then acquitted.

  • Jer. 27
  • The Lord sends word to many nations that they are to serve Babylon—The vessels of the Lord’s house shall go into Babylon.

  • Jer. 28
  • Hananiah prophesies falsely that the Babylonian yoke will be broken.

  • Jer. 29
  • Jeremiah tells Jews in Babylon to prepare for seventy years of captivity—Those remaining in Jerusalem shall yet be scattered—Shemaiah prophesies falsely and is cursed.

  • Jer. 30
  • In the last days, Judah and Israel shall be gathered to their own lands—David their king (Christ) shall reign over them.

  • Jer. 31
  • In the last days, Israel shall be gathered—Ephraim has the birthright as the firstborn—The Lord will make a new covenant with them, to be inscribed in the heart—Then shall they all know the Lord.

  • Jer. 32
  • Jeremiah is imprisoned by Zedekiah—The prophet purchases land to symbolize the return of Israel to their land—The Lord will gather Israel and make an everlasting covenant with them.

  • Jer. 33
  • Judah and Israel shall be gathered—Christ the Branch of righteousness is promised—The Seed of David shall reign forever.

  • Jer. 34
  • Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah—The Jews shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Jer. 35
  • The Rechabites are commended and blessed for their obedience—They are given a new commandment.

  • Jer. 36
  • Baruch writes the prophecies of Jeremiah and reads them in the house of the Lord—Jehoiakim the king burns the book, and judgment comes upon him—Jeremiah dictates the prophecies again and adds many more.

  • Jer. 37
  • Jeremiah prophesies that Egypt shall not save Judah from Babylon—He is cast into a dungeon—Zedekiah transfers him to the court of the prison.

  • Jer. 38
  • The princes cast Jeremiah into a miry dungeon—He is freed by Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, and put in the court of the prison—He counsels Zedekiah concerning the war.

  • Jer. 39
  • Jerusalem is taken and the people captivated—Jeremiah and Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, are preserved.

  • Jer. 40
  • The king of Babylon makes Gedaliah governor over the remnant of Jews left in Judah—Jeremiah is freed and dwells among them.

  • Jer. 41
  • Ishmael kills Gedaliah and carries people of Mizpah captive—They are rescued by Johanan.

  • Jer. 42
  • Jeremiah promises Johanan and the remnant of Judah peace and safety if they remain in Judah, but a sword and famine and pestilence if they go to Egypt.

  • Jer. 43
  • Johanan carries Jeremiah and the remnant of Judah into Egypt—Jeremiah prophesies that Babylon shall conquer Egypt.

  • Jer. 44
  • Jeremiah prophesies that the Jews in Egypt, save a small remnant, shall be destroyed because they worship false gods.

  • Jer. 45
  • Jeremiah promises Baruch that his life shall be preserved.

  • Jer. 46
  • Jeremiah prophesies the conquest of Egypt by Babylon—Jacob shall be saved and return to his own land.

  • Jer. 47
  • Jeremiah foretells desolation and destruction upon the Philistines.

  • Jer. 48
  • Judgment and destruction shall come upon Moab for their contempt of God.

  • Jer. 49
  • Judgment and destruction shall come upon the Ammonites, Edom, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam.

  • Jer. 50
  • Babylon shall be destroyed and never rise again—Scattered Israel shall be brought again into the lands of her inheritance.

  • Jer. 51
  • Judgments and destruction and desolation shall come upon Babylon for her sins—Israel is commanded: Flee ye from Babylon—Israel is the Lord’s rod to destroy all kingdoms.

  • Jer. 52
  • Jerusalem besieged and taken by the Chaldeans—Many people and the vessels of the house of the Lord carried into Babylon.

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