JEREMIAH Outline with Links to Questions

The Lord Calls Jeremiah (1:1-19)

The Lord Calls Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:1-19

1. The Time of the Call (1:1-3)
2. I am only a Child (1:4-12)
3. Get Yourself Ready (1:13-19)

Warnings and Exhortations to Judah (2:1-10:26)

Israel Forsakes God, Jeremiah 2:1-37

1. Israel's Youth (2:1-4)
2. Why didn't You Ask? (2:5-19)
3. Israel a Wild Vine and a Wild Donkey (2:20-37)

Unfaithful Israel, Jeremiah 3:1-25

1. Israel, the Prostitute (3:1-5)
2. Faithless Israel (3:6-18)
3. Unfaithful Israel (3:19-25)

Return to Me, Jeremiah 4:1-31

1. Circumcise Your Hearts (4:1-4)
2. Disaster From the North (4:5-10)
3. Complete Destruction (4:11-31)

Can You Find One Upright Person, Jeremiah 5:1-31

1. Jerusalem's Lies (5:1-6)
2. Why Should I Forgive You? (5:7-18)
3. Fear the Lord (5:19-31)

Jerusalem Under Siege, Jeremiah 6:1-30

1. Jerusalem's Disaster Looms (6:1-8)
2. False Peace (6:9-15)
3. Refining Fire (6:16-30)

Jeremiah Proclaims at the Temple, Jeremiah 7:1-34

1. The Temple a Den of Robbers (7:1-11)
2. They Did Not Listen (7:12-29)
3. The Valley of Slaughter (7:30-34)

Balm in Gilead, Jeremiah 8:1-22

1. Bones (8:1-3)
2. No One Repents (8:4-12)
3. Is There No Balm in Gilead (8:13-22)

Weeping and Wailing, Jeremiah 9:1-26

1. Deception (9:1-6)
2. Weeping (9:7-16)
3. The Wailing School (9:17-26)

The True God, Jeremiah 10:1-26

1. Not God (10:1-16)
2. Destruction Coming (10:17-22)
3. Jeremiah's Prayer (10:23-26)

Interactions Between Jeremiah and the Lord; and Jeremiah and Judah (11:1-35:19)

Do Not Pray For This People, Jeremiah 11:1-12:17

1. The Covenant Broken (11:1-17)
2. Shut Up or Die Jeremiah (11:18-23)
3. Jeremiah's Complaint and the Lord's Answer (12:1-17)

Wine-skins, Jeremiah 13:1-27

1. Linen Belt (13:1-11)
2. Wine-skins (13:12-14)
3. Captivity (13:15-27)

False Prophets, Jeremiah 14:1-15:21

1. Drought, Famine, Sword (14:1-10)
2. False Prophets (14:11-27)
3. Repent and I Will Restore (15:1-21)

I Will Teach Them, Jeremiah 16:1-17:18

1. Do Not Marry Jeremiah (16:1-13)
2. I Will Teach Them (16:14-27)
3. Deceitful Hearts (17:1-18)

The Potter's House, Jeremiah 17:19-18:23

1. Keep the Sabbath Holy (17:19-27)
2. The Potter's House (18:1-17)
3. Defile and Ignore Jeremiah (18:18-23)

Break the Jar, Jeremiah 19:1-20:18

1. Break the Jar (19:1-15)
2. Jeremiah and Pashur (20:1-6)
3. Jeremiah's Complaint (20:7-18)

Zedekiah's Request, Jeremiah 21:1-22:30

1. God Rejects Zedekiah's Request (21:1-14)
2. To Judah's King Jehoahaz (22:1-7)
3. To Judah's King Jehoiakim (22:8-30)

The Righteous Branch, Jeremiah 23:1-40

1. The Righteous Branch (23:1-8)
2. Lying Prophets (23:9-32)
3. False Prophets (23:33-40)

Seventy Years of Captivity, Jeremiah 24:1-25:38

1. Two Baskets of Figs (24:1-10)
2. Seventy Years of Captivity (25:1-14)
3. The Cup of God's Wrath (25:15-38)

About the Temple, Jeremiah 26:1-24

1. Jeremiah Proclaims at the Temple (26:1-6)
2. Jeremiah Must Die (26:7-16)
3. Did Micah and Uriah Say the Same? (26:17-24)

The Yoke of Exile, Jeremiah 27:1-28:17

1. The Yoke (27:1-11)
2. The Rest Will be Taken to Babylon (27:12-22)
3. The False Prophet Hananiah (28:1-17)

A Letter and a Message, Jeremiah 29:1-32

1. The Time (29:1-3)
2. The Letter (29:4-23)
3. The Message (29:24-32)

The Restoration of Israel, Jeremiah 30:1-31:40

1. Write a Book Jeremiah (30:1-4)
2. In That Day I Will (30:5-24)
3. I Have Loved You (31:1-22)
4. The Message (31:23-40)

Jeremiah Buys a Field, Jeremiah 32:1-44

1. The Deed (32:1-16)
2. Jeremiah Prays (32:17-25)
3. I Have Loved You (32:26-44)

The Righteous Branch, Jeremiah 33:1-26

1. I Will Heal My People (33:1-9)
2. David's Branch (33:10-18)
3. I Will Have Compassion on Them (33:19-26)

Judah Repents of Repenting, Jeremiah 34:1-35:26

1. Warning to Zedekiah (34:1-7)
2. Slaves Freed (34:8-22)
3. The Recabite (35:1-19)

Sufferings and Persecutions of the Prophet (36:1-38:28)

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah's Scroll, Jeremiah 36:1-32

1. Baruch Writes (36:1-10)
2. Baruch Reads (36:11-19)
3. Baruch Writes a New Scroll (36:20-32)

Jeremiah in Prison, Jeremiah 37:1-32

1. King Zedekiah Ignores Jeremiah (37:1-5)
2. Jeremiah Falsely Accused (37:6-15)
3. Jeremiah in the Courtyard of the Guard (37:16-21)

Jeremiah in a Cistern, Jeremiah 38:1-28

1. Jeremiah in a Cistern (38:1-13)
2. Zedekiah Must Surrender to Live (38:6-19)
3. Keep This Secret (38:20-28)

The Fall of Jerusalem and Its Aftermath (39:1-45:5)

Through Disaster, Not Prosperity, Jeremiah 39:1-40:16

1. Jerusalem Taken (39:1-18)
2. Jeremiah Freed (40:1-6)
3. Gedaliah Governor (40:7-16)

Don't Make a Fatal Mistake, Jeremiah 41:1-43:13

1. Gedaliah Assassinated (41:1-15)
2. Pray to the Lord your God (41:16-42:6)
3. Stay in the Land (42:7-22)
4. Egypt's End Predicted (43:1-13)

Judah's Remnant in Egypt Will Die, Jeremiah 44:1-45:5

1. Judah Still Doesn't Repent of Idolatry (44:1-10)
2. The Result of Stubborn Idolatry (44:11-30)
3. Message to Baruch (45:1-5)

Judgment Against the Nations (46:1-51:64)

Against Egypt, Jeremiah 46:1-28

1. Against the Army of Pharaoh (46:1-15)
2. Nebuchadnezzar to Defeat Egypt (46:16-26)
3. Jacob to the Spared (46:27-28)

Against the Philistines and Moab, Jeremiah 47:1-48:47

1. Against the Philistines (47:1-7)
2. Against Moab (48:1-47)

Against Six Kingdoms, Jeremiah 49:1-39

1. Against Ammon (49:1-6)
2. Against Edom (49:7-22)
3. Against Damascus (49:23-27)
4. Against Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33)
5. Against Elam (49:36-39)

Against Babylon, Jeremiah 50:1-39

1. Flee Babylon (50:1-17)
2. Babylon To Fall Israel to Return (50:18-32)
3. Israel's Redeemer is Stronger than Babylon (50:33-46)

Against Babylon, Jeremiah 51:1-64

1. Jacob's Portion (51:1-23)
2. I Will Repay Babylon (51:24-32)
3. Why Babylon Will Fall (51:33-57)
4. Babylon Will Sink and Not Rise (51:58-64)

Historical Appendix (52:1-34)

The Fall of Jerusalem, Jeremiah 52:1-34

1. King Zedekiah Captured (52:1-11)
2. Nebuchadnezzar Burns Jerusalem (51:12-30)
3. Jehoiachin Released (51:31-34)