Jeremiah Chapter 1
The Time and calling of Jeremiah
Jeremiah’s vision signifying speedy judgments
God’s promise of assistance
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21 Elul 5785 (November 29, 2025)
The Time and calling of Jeremiah
Jeremiah’s vision signifying speedy judgments
God’s promise of assistance
Rebellious Judah and Israel
Promises to the repentant
Israel’s Confession
God’s call to Israel
Judah exhorted to repentance
Lamentation for Judah
Judgement of God on the Jews for their sins
Contempt of God
Wickedness of the people and their leaders
Judah’s enemies encourage themselves
The prophet’s lament
The people are called to mourn
Jeremiah calls Judah to repentance
God’s judgements threatened
Sacrifices are rejected
Exhortation to mourn
Jeremiah laments the sins of the people
Disobedience brings calamities
A Warning
The Jews and the nations threatened
Unequal comparison of God and idols
Jeremiah warns the people
Lament for the tabernacle
Jeremiah’s prayer
The prophet proclaims God’s covenant
Disobedient Jews reprimanded
A prophecy of evil
Jeremiah complaint of the prosperity of the wicked
God lament the desolation of his inheritance
Promises to the repentant
The Ruined Waistband
Figure of the bottles of wine
Exhortation to repentance
Complete rejection of Judah and resulting judgements
Jeremiah receives a promise and a threat
A complaint and a prayer
Ruin of the Jews foreshadowed by types
Their return
Double payment for idolatry
Sin and the captivity of Judah
Trust in God is blessed
God’s salvation
Renewal of the covenant
Zedekiah inquires of Jeremiah
Siege and captivity foretold
The king’s house reproved
Jeremiah exhorts to repentance
Jeremiah’s threats on Judah and her kings
Restoration of the scattered flock
The righteous Branch and King
False prophets and mockers
Reproof of the Jews
The captivity foretold
Babylon to be destroyed
All nations to perish
Jeremiah urges repentance
Jeremiah’s arrest
Jeremiah’s life is threatened
Jeremiah’s pardon
Conquest by Babylon foretold
Submission urged
Jeremiah’s acquittal
Of Lying Prophets
False prophecy of Hananiah
Jeremiah’s counter prophecy
Hananiah’s death foretold
Jeremiah’s letter to the exiled
Their return after seventy years
Fearful end to Ahab and Zedekiah
Doom of Shemaiah
The word of Yahweh concerning Israel and Judah
Jacob comforted
Israel and Judah’s returned promised
Jeremiah’s imprisonment
Jeremiah’s prayer
Confirmation of the captivity and return
Jeremiah in prison, prophesies a gracious return from captivity
The Davidic Kingdom
Capture of Zedekiah and destruction of Jerusalem foretold by Jeremiah
Judah given into the hands of the enemy
Obedience of the Rechabites
Jeremiah holds up the Rechabites as a model
Rechabites are blessed
Baruch writes Jeremiah’s prophecy
Baruch and Jeremiah hide themselves
Jehoiakim burns the scroll
Baruch rewrites the scroll
Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah for prayer
Jeremiah prophesies a Chaldean victory
Jeremiah is arrested and imprisoned
Jeremiah obtains some favor
