Contains the
Biography and Message of "The Weeping Prophet"
THE
PERIOD,
Dark days in the Kingdom of Judah,-from the thirteenth year of Josiah (the last
good king) until some years beyond the captivity.
MAIN THEMES,
The Backsliding, Bondage, and Restoration of the Jews.
THE LIFE OF JEREMIAH
Family
Jer
1:1
Birth, and
Divine choice as Prophet
Jer
1:5
Youthful
Call,-in the days of King Josiah
Jer
1:2-6
Divine
Enduement
Jer
1:9
Commission
Jer
1:10
Promise of
Divine Presence
Jer
1:19
Pressure of
Duty upon
Jer
20:9
Sustained by
the Word of God
Jer
15:16
Persecution
of, predicted
Jer
1:19
Put in the
Stocks
Jer
20:2
In a miry
Dungeon
Jer
38:6
Carried into
Egypt
Jer
43:5-7
SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK
(1) Call of
the prophet, ch. 1
Jer
1:1
(2) Rebukes,
Warnings, and Promises to the Jews, chs. 2-20
Jer
2:1 - 20:1
(3)
A Denunciation of rulers, and also of False Shepherds and Prophets, chs. 21-23
Jer 21:1 - 23:1
(4)
Predictions of Divine Judgments, the Overthrow of Jerusalem, and the Seventy
Years captivity, chs. 25-29
Jer
25:1 - 29:1
(5) Promises
of the Restoration of the Jews, chs. 30-33
Jer
30:1 - 33:1
(6) Prophecies
occasioned by the sins of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, chs. 34-39
Jer
34:1 - 39:1
(7) The
wretched condition of the Remnant left in Judah, and Prophecies uttered to them,
chs. 40-44
Jer
40:1 - 44:1
(8)
Consolation to Baruch, ch. 45
Jer
45:1
(9) Prophecies
concerning the Hostile Nations, chs. 46-51
Jer
46:1 - 51:1
THE MESSAGE
(1) Some High
Spots In
(a) The
fountain and cistern
Jer
2:13
(b) The
ineradicable stain of sin
Jer
2:22
(c) The search
for a man
Jer
5:1
(d) The old
ways, best
Jer
6:16
(e) The lost
opportunity
Jer
8:20
(f) The
tearful call to repentance
Jer
9:1
(g) The
depravity of the human heart
Jer
17:9
(h) The clay
and the potter, ch. 18
Jer
18:1
(i) The false
Shepherds, ch. 23
Jer
23:1
(j) How to
find God
Jer
29:13
(k) The new
covenant
Jer
31:31-34
(l) The
mutilation of God's Word
Jer
36:21-24
(2) Rejected
(a) By his
neighbours
Jer
11:19-21
(b) By his own
family
Jer
12:6
(c) By the
priests and prophets
Jer
20:1,2
(d) By his
friends
Jer
20:10
(e) By all the
people
Jer
26:8
(f) By the
King
Jer
36:23
(Outline from Thompson’s Chain Reference
Bible)