Table of Contents
Jeremiah
Jeremiah is known as “the weeping prophet.”
Another Resource: SDA Sabbath School Lesson Quarterly: Jeremiah
Lamentations, the book of mourning over Jerusalem’s fall that follows Jeremiah in the Bible, has its own series: Lamentations, chapter by chapter.
List Of Articles
Before I Formed Thee In The Belly
a prophet appointed before birth, an almond rod, and a pot boiling from the north
Jeremiah 1They Have Forsaken Me, The Fountain
two evils in one verse, broken cisterns that hold no water, and a call to backsliding Israel
Jeremiah 2-3Ask For The Old Paths
the lion out of his thicket, a land without form and void again, and the good way they would not walk in
Jeremiah 4-6The Temple Of The LORD, Are These
a slogan repeated three times, a valley renamed, the harvest past, and no balm in Gilead
Jeremiah 7-8Let Him Glory In This
the only boast God allows, and a tree cut from the forest, nailed upright and decked with silver
Jeremiah 9-10The Linen Girdle And The Prospering Wicked
a broken covenant, the question Jeremiah dares to ask God, and a sash ruined on purpose
Jeremiah 11-13Thy Words Were Found, And I Did Eat Them
a drought, a prophet told to stop praying, and the joy he found in the words themselves
Jeremiah 14-15The Heart Is Deceitful, And The Sabbath Gates
a prophet forbidden to marry or mourn, the heart above all things, and a Sabbath test set at the city gates
Jeremiah 16-17The Potter's House And The Broken Bottle
clay marred and made again, and a jar smashed where it could not be mended
Jeremiah 18-19A Fire Shut Up In My Bones
the stocks, the accusation that God deceived him, and why he could not stay quiet
Jeremiah 20The Kings Who Would Not Hear
Shallum who never came back, Jehoiakim buried like a donkey, and Coniah written childless
Jeremiah 21-22The LORD Our Righteousness
a righteous Branch given the divine name, and prophets who steal words from one another
Jeremiah 23Two Baskets Of Figs, And Seventy Years
the good figs are the ones carried away, and a number Daniel would later count on
Jeremiah 24-25The Yoke And The False Prophet
Urijah who fled and died, wooden bars worn in public, and Hananiah given a year to live
Jeremiah 26-28The Letter To The Exiles
build houses, plant gardens, seek the peace of the city — and the promise everyone quotes out of it
Jeremiah 29The Time Of Jacob's Trouble
a day like no other, and the four words that decide what the whole passage means: he shall be saved out of it
Jeremiah 30I Will Write It In Their Hearts
the new covenant stated in full, the law relocated rather than repealed, and the chapter Hebrews quotes twice
Jeremiah 31He Bought A Field At Anathoth
a deed signed and sealed while the siege ramps stood, and "call unto me, and I will answer thee"
Jeremiah 32-33The Rechabites Who Would Not Drink
servants freed and taken back, and a family that kept one command for generations
Jeremiah 34-35The Scroll The King Burned
a penknife, a hearth, and a second scroll with many like words added
Jeremiah 36The Dungeon And The Ethiopian
sunk in the mire, and rescued by a foreigner with old rags and a rope
Jeremiah 37-38The City Taken
the walls broken, a governor murdered at dinner, and the pit Ishmael filled
Jeremiah 39-41The Queen Of Heaven
a promise to obey before the answer came, a flight to Egypt, and the goddess the women would not give up
Jeremiah 42-44Seekest Thou Great Things For Thyself?
the shortest chapter in the book, addressed to the man holding the pen
Jeremiah 45The Burdens Of The Nations
Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Elam — and why the list is here at all
Jeremiah 46-49Babylon Is Taken
a millstone thrown into the Euphrates, and the sentences Revelation lifts whole
Jeremiah 50-51The Chronicle Of The Fall
the pillars measured, the vessels counted, and a prisoner given a seat at the table
Jeremiah 52