[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] # 📖 Jeremiah > [!info] Info > [[#📖 Summary of Book]] > [[#📚 Genre]] > [[#🙋‍♂️ Who is the Author]] > [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]] > [[#🧭 Theme Verse]] > [[#🧭 Major Themes]] > [[#📅 Outline of Book]] > **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]** > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]] > [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]] ## 📖 Summary of Book > The Book of Jeremiah records the ministry of the prophet Jeremiah during the final years of Judah before the Babylonian exile. Called as a young man, Jeremiah faithfully proclaimed God’s warnings of judgment because of persistent idolatry and injustice. Despite intense persecution, rejection, and personal suffering, he remained obedient to God’s message. The book also contains powerful promises of restoration and the coming New Covenant. #### 📚 Genre - Prophetic Literature - Major Prophets #### 🙋‍♂️ Who is the Author - Jeremiah (with assistance from Baruch, his scribe) #### ⌛️ When Was it Written - Approximately 627–580 BC ## 🧭 Theme Verse > Jeremiah 31:33 (NET) > “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.” ## 🧭 Major Themes • God’s judgment on sin • Call to repentance • Covenant faithfulness • The New Covenant • True and false prophecy • God’s compassion and grief • Faithfulness in suffering • National and personal responsibility • Restoration and hope • God’s sovereign purposes ## 📅 Outline of Book - 1:1–25:38 — Jeremiah’s Call and Early Ministry - Commissioning - Warnings to Judah - Temple sermon - Calls to repentance - 26:1–29:32 — Conflict and Opposition - Trials and persecution - False prophets - Letter to the exiles - 30:1–33:26 — Book of Consolation - Restoration promises - New Covenant - Future hope - 34:1–45:5 — Final Years of Judah - Fall of Jerusalem - Gedaliah’s governorship - Flight to Egypt - 46:1–51:64 — Oracles Against the Nations - Judgments on surrounding nations - Fall of Babylon - 52:1–34 — Historical Appendix - Destruction of Jerusalem - Release of Jehoiachin ## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes - [[Jeremiah 01|Jeremiah 1: The Call of Jeremiah]] - [[Jeremiah 02|Jeremiah 2: Israel Forsakes the Lord]] - [[Jeremiah 03|Jeremiah 3: Return, Faithless Israel]] - [[Jeremiah 04|Jeremiah 4: Disaster from the North]] - [[Jeremiah 05|Jeremiah 5: Not One Is Righteous]] - [[Jeremiah 06|Jeremiah 6: Jerusalem Under Siege]] - [[Jeremiah 07|Jeremiah 7: The Temple Sermon]] - [[Jeremiah 08|Jeremiah 8: No Balm in Gilead]] - [[Jeremiah 09|Jeremiah 9: Weeping for the People]] - [[Jeremiah 10|Jeremiah 10: The True God and Idols]] - [[Jeremiah 11|Jeremiah 11: The Broken Covenant]] - [[Jeremiah 12|Jeremiah 12: Why Do the Wicked Prosper]] - [[Jeremiah 13|Jeremiah 13: The Ruined Linen Belt]] - [[Jeremiah 14|Jeremiah 14: Drought and False Prophets]] - [[Jeremiah 15|Jeremiah 15: Jeremiah's Complaint]] - [[Jeremiah 16|Jeremiah 16: Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry]] - [[Jeremiah 17|Jeremiah 17: The Deceitful Heart]] - [[Jeremiah 18|Jeremiah 18: The Potter and the Clay]] - [[Jeremiah 19|Jeremiah 19: The Shattered Jar]] - [[Jeremiah 20|Jeremiah 20: Fire Shut Up in My Bones]] - [[Jeremiah 21|Jeremiah 21: Zedekiah's Request Rejected]] - [[Jeremiah 22|Jeremiah 22: Judgment on Judah's Kings]] - [[Jeremiah 23|Jeremiah 23: The Righteous Branch]] - [[Jeremiah 24|Jeremiah 24: Two Baskets of Figs]] - [[Jeremiah 25|Jeremiah 25: Seventy Years of Exile]] - [[Jeremiah 26|Jeremiah 26: Jeremiah on Trial]] - [[Jeremiah 27|Jeremiah 27: The Yoke of Babylon]] - [[Jeremiah 28|Jeremiah 28: Hananiah the False Prophet]] - [[Jeremiah 29|Jeremiah 29: Letter to the Exiles]] - [[Jeremiah 30|Jeremiah 30: Restoration Promised]] - [[Jeremiah 31|Jeremiah 31: The New Covenant]] - [[Jeremiah 32|Jeremiah 32: Jeremiah Buys a Field]] - [[Jeremiah 33|Jeremiah 33: Promise of Restoration]] - [[Jeremiah 34|Jeremiah 34: Freed Slaves Reenslaved]] - [[Jeremiah 35|Jeremiah 35: The Faithful Rechabites]] - [[Jeremiah 36|Jeremiah 36: The King Burns the Scroll]] - [[Jeremiah 37|Jeremiah 37: Jeremiah Imprisoned]] - [[Jeremiah 38|Jeremiah 38: Jeremiah in the Cistern]] - [[Jeremiah 39|Jeremiah 39: The Fall of Jerusalem]] - [[Jeremiah 40|Jeremiah 40: Jeremiah Released]] - [[Jeremiah 41|Jeremiah 41: Gedaliah Assassinated]] - [[Jeremiah 42|Jeremiah 42: Warning Against Egypt]] - [[Jeremiah 43|Jeremiah 43: The Flight to Egypt]] - [[Jeremiah 44|Jeremiah 44: Idolatry in Egypt]] - [[Jeremiah 45|Jeremiah 45: A Word to Baruch]] - [[Jeremiah 46|Jeremiah 46: Judgment on Egypt]] - [[Jeremiah 47|Jeremiah 47: Judgment on the Philistines]] - [[Jeremiah 48|Jeremiah 48: Judgment on Moab]] - [[Jeremiah 49|Jeremiah 49: Judgment on Neighboring Nations]] - [[Jeremiah 50|Jeremiah 50: Babylon Will Fall]] - [[Jeremiah 51|Jeremiah 51: Babylon's Final Ruin]] - [[Jeremiah 52|Jeremiah 52: Jerusalem Destroyed]] ## 🙏 Devotional Reflections - [[Jeremiah 01 - SOAP|Jeremiah 1: God Takes Care of Us]] - [[Jeremiah 02 - SOAP|Jeremiah 2: I Love New Christians]] - [[Jeremiah 03 - SOAP|Jeremiah 3: Come On Home]] - [[Jeremiah 04 - SOAP|Jeremiah 4: Salvation is Waiting]] - [[Jeremiah 05 - SOAP|Jeremiah 5: We Get What We Tolerate]] - [[Jeremiah 06 - SOAP|Jeremiah 6: If It Is New, It Is Not True]] - [[Jeremiah 07 - SOAP|Jeremiah 7: Being Around Is Not the Same as Being With]] - [[Jeremiah 08 - SOAP|Jeremiah 8: Hurt With Those Who Hurt]] - [[Jeremiah 09 - SOAP|Jeremiah 9: Brag on Jesus]] - [[Jeremiah 10 - SOAP|Jeremiah 10: Don’t be Afraid of Evil Prophecies]] - [[Jeremiah 11 - SOAP|Jeremiah 11: Why Do We Listen to Preaching?]] - [[Jeremiah 12 - SOAP|Jeremiah 12: Toughen Up]] - [[Jeremiah 13 - SOAP|Jeremiah 13: The Obvious Result of Not Listening]] - [[Jeremiah 14 - SOAP|Jeremiah 14: He Is Among Us]] - [[Jeremiah 15 - SOAP|Jeremiah 15: God’s Word Is Life]] - [[Jeremiah 16 - SOAP|Jeremiah 16: Our Umbrella]] - [[Jeremiah 17 - SOAP|Jeremiah 17: How to Become Immovable]] - [[Jeremiah 18 - SOAP|Jeremiah 18: The Potter and the Clay]] - [[Jeremiah 19 - SOAP|Jeremiah 19: When We Don’t Listen]] - [[Jeremiah 20 - SOAP|Jeremiah 20: A Fire That Won’t Go Out]] - [[Jeremiah 21 - SOAP|Jeremiah 21: Obeying God Brings Life]] - [[Jeremiah 22 - SOAP|Jeremiah 22: Always Do What’s Right (For Your Own Sake)]] - [[Jeremiah 23 - SOAP|Jeremiah 23: Care Enough to Listen]] - [[Jeremiah 24 - SOAP|Jeremiah 24: God Never Gives Up On Us]] - [[Jeremiah 25 - SOAP|Jeremiah 25: God Doesn’t Leave Us in Our Troubles]] - [[Jeremiah 26 - SOAP|Jeremiah 26: God Has Got Your Back]] - [[Jeremiah 27 - SOAP|Jeremiah 27: Trouble Does Not Last Forever]] - [[Jeremiah 28 - SOAP|Jeremiah 28: Trust God’s Justice]] - [[Jeremiah 29 - SOAP|Jeremiah 29: God Will Honor His Word]] - [[Jeremiah 30 - SOAP|Jeremiah 30: The Promise We Need Every Day]] - [[Jeremiah 31 - SOAP|Jeremiah 31: The Hidden Treasure of God’s Word]] - [[Jeremiah 32 - SOAP|Jeremiah 32: God is Unstoppable]] - [[Jeremiah 33 - SOAP|Jeremiah 33: God Will Never Abandon You]] - [[Jeremiah 34 - SOAP|Jeremiah 34: Step One: Ownership]] - [[Jeremiah 35 - SOAP|Jeremiah 35: What Are People Learning From You?]] - [[Jeremiah 36 - SOAP|Jeremiah 36: The Gift of Grit]] - [[Jeremiah 37 - SOAP|Jeremiah 37: God Can Use Your Enemies to Bless You]] - [[Jeremiah 38 - SOAP|Jeremiah 38: God Keeps Us Safe In Ways We Don’t Notice]] - [[Jeremiah 39 - SOAP|Jeremiah 39: You’ll Walk Out of There]] - [[Jeremiah 40 - SOAP|Jeremiah 40: Freedom to Choose]] - [[Jeremiah 41 - SOAP|Jeremiah 41: Be Careful Who You Partner With]] - [[Jeremiah 42 - SOAP|Jeremiah 42: Whether We Like it or Not]] - [[Jeremiah 43 - SOAP|Jeremiah 43: Predictable Opposition]] - [[Jeremiah 44 - SOAP|Jeremiah 44: Why Do We Destroy Ourselves?]] - [[Jeremiah 45 - SOAP|Jeremiah 45: The LORD Offers Life]] - [[Jeremiah 46 - SOAP|Jeremiah 46: Peace in the Eye of the Storm]] - [[Jeremiah 47 - SOAP|Jeremiah 47: Prepare for the Future]] - [[Jeremiah 48 - SOAP|Jeremiah 48: The LORD Tears Down, The LORD Builds Up]] - [[Jeremiah 49 - SOAP|Jeremiah 49: Stand For What Is Right]] - [[Jeremiah 50 - SOAP|Jeremiah 50: God Is Bigger]] - [[Jeremiah 51 - SOAP|Jeremiah 51: Praise Break]] - [[Jeremiah 52 - SOAP|Jeremiah 52: Hope in Hard Times]] ## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights **Further Study**. 1. J. A. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) 2. Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament (Jeremiah section) 3. Philip Ryken, Jeremiah and Lamentations (Preaching the Word Series) **Interesting Insights**. 1. Jeremiah is often called “the weeping prophet.” 2. His ministry lasted over 40 years. 3. He began prophesying as a teenager. 4. Baruch recorded many of his prophecies. 5. Jeremiah was imprisoned multiple times. 6. He was forbidden by God to marry. 7. He wore symbolic objects to illustrate his messages. 8. The book is not arranged chronologically. 9. Jesus quoted Jeremiah several times. 10. Jeremiah’s prophecies influenced Daniel’s prayer in Daniel 9. ##### 📂 Internal Links