Old TestamentProphecy
Jeremiah
52Chapters
1,364Verses
37Notes
91Reflections
BOOK INTRODUCTION
Content for this section will be added before launch — a brief introduction to Jeremiah, its themes, authorship, and place in the biblical canon.
ALL CHAPTERS52 chapters
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11
Jeremiah's call narrative establishes him as a prophet co...
2
3
YHWH indicts Israel for abandoning the covenant relations...
3
1
Continuing the adultery metaphor, Jeremiah presents YHWH'...
4
5
Jeremiah announces imminent military catastrophe approach...
5
3
YHWH commands Jeremiah to search Jerusalem's streets for ...
6
4
The prophet describes an approaching siege from the north...
7
23
The temple sermon presents Jeremiah's confrontation with ...
8
12
Jeremiah depicts the aftermath of military defeat and cov...
9
11
The prophet wishes to weep day and night for his slaughte...
10
Jeremiah contrasts the true God with worthless idols fash...
11
YHWH reminds Judah of the covenant made with their ancest...
12
12
Jeremiah's second confession raises the theodicy question...
13
1
Jeremiah's sign-act with a linen loincloth (marred by bur...
14
Jeremiah describes a devastating drought and famine affli...
15
2
Jeremiah's third confession expresses deepest desolation:...
16
12
YHWH forbids Jeremiah to take a wife or have children, to...
17
1
Judah's sin is inscribed on their hearts with an iron pen...
18
1
Jeremiah visits a potter's house and observes clay being ...
19
Jeremiah purchases a clay jar and, accompanied by elders ...
20
2
Jeremiah's fifth and most anguished confession expresses ...
21
1
King Zedekiah sends officials to ask Jeremiah whether YHW...
22
12
Jeremiah announces oracles against individual Judahite ki...
23
12
YHWH pronounces judgment against false prophets who proph...
24
11
YHWH shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs—one containing ex...
25
2
Jeremiah summarizes his twenty-year ministry of announcin...
26
33
Jeremiah delivers the temple sermon (recapitulating chapt...
27
1
Jeremiah wears a wooden yoke as a sign-act while announci...
28
44
The prophet Hananiah directly contradicts Jeremiah's yoke...
29
21
Jeremiah writes a letter to the exiles already deported t...
30
21
YHWH announces restoration to exiles: the days are coming...
31
11
This chapter contains the supreme announcement of the new...
32
12
Jeremiah purchases a field in Anathoth despite imminent B...
33
YHWH pronounces further restoration promises: the desolat...
34
2
YHWH announces judgment on King Zedekiah: he will be capt...
35
22
The Rechabites (a clan who abstain from wine and live in ...
36
13
King Jehoiakim's court official Baruch records Jeremiah's...
37
12
King Zedekiah, facing Babylonian siege despite earlier as...
38
2
Jeremiah is thrown into a cistern-dungeon as punishment f...
39
11
The Babylonians breach Jerusalem's walls, and King Zedeki...
40
2
After the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar appoints Geda...
41
2
Ishmael assassinates the Babylonian-appointed governor Ge...
42
21
Johanan approaches Jeremiah requesting divine guidance ab...
43
11
Johanan and the leaders forcibly take Jeremiah and Baruch...
44
3
Jeremiah addresses the Judahite refugees in Egypt, remind...
45
1
Jeremiah addresses Baruch, his faithful scribe, who griev...
46
2
YHWH announces judgment against Egypt and its military fo...
47
YHWH announces judgment on the Philistines, declaring tha...
48
1
YHWH announces extensive judgment against Moab, condemnin...
49
4
YHWH announces judgment against multiple nations: Ammon, ...
50
34
YHWH announces the comprehensive judgment of Babylon, dec...
51
3
The great oracle against Babylon continues with extended ...
52
3
This historical appendix records the fall of Jerusalem an...