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Jeremiah 1

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The Call of Jeremiah 1:1–19

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The Call of Jeremiah 1:1–19
Prophesies for Judah 2:1–45:5
Warnings to Judah 2:1–29:32
The Sin of the People 2:1–37
A Plea for Repentance 3:1–4:4
Judgment is Coming 4:5–6:30
The Temple Sermon 7:1–10:25
The Broken Covenant 11:1–12:17
Parables and Warning 13:1–27
Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague 14:1–15:9
Jeremiah’s Woes 15:10–17:27
Parables of Persecution 18:1–20:17
Jeremiah and the Kings of Judah 21:1–23:40
King Zedekiah and Jeremiah 21:1–10
A Message to the House of David 21:11–23:8
To the Royal House of Judah 21:11–22:9
To Individual Kings of Judah 22:10–30
The Coming Righteous Branch of David 23:1–8
The False Prophets 23:9–40
The Good and Bad Figs 24:1–10
Seventy Years of Captivity in Babylon 25:1–38
Jeremiah Rejected by Leadership 26:1–28:17
The Plot to Kill Jeremiah 26:1–24
The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar 27:1–28:17
Letter to the Exiles in Babylon 29:1–32
Hope for Israel and Judah 30:1–33:26
Restoration of Israel and Judah 30:1–31:25
The New Covenant 31:26–40
Jeremiah Buys Hanamel’s Field 32:1–44
Promise of Future Restoration 33:1–13
The Covenant with David 33:14–26
Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem 34:1–45:5
Events Leading to the Fall of Jerusalem 34:1–38:28
Prophecy against Zedekiah 34:1–7
Freedom for Hebrew Slaves 34:8–22
Obedience of the Rechabites 35:1–19
Jeremiah’s Scroll 36:1–32
Scroll Read in the Temple 36:1–10
Scroll Read in the Palace 36:11–19
Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll 36:20–26
Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll 36:27–32
Final Warnings Before the Fall of Jerusalem 37:1–38:28
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah 37:1–10
Jeremiah Imprisoned 37:11–21
Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern 38:1–28
The Fall of Jerusalem 39:1–18
Events After the Fall of Jerusalem 40:1–45:5
The Remnant in Judah 40:1–42:22
Jeremiah Remains in Judah 40:1–6
Gedaliah Governs in Judah 40:7–41:18
Gedaliah Appointed by Nebuchadnezzar 40:7–12
The Plot against Gedaliah 40:13–16
The Assassination of Gedaliah 41:1–18
A Warning against Going to Egypt 42:1–22
The Remnant Flees to Egypt 43:1–44:30
Jeremiah Taken to Egypt 43:1–13
Judgement on the Jews in Egypt 44:1–30
Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch 45:1–5
Prophesies for the Nations 46:1–51:64
Judgment on Egypt 46:1–28
Judgment on the Philistines 47:1–7
Judgement on Moab 48:1–47
Judgment on the Ammonites 49:1–6
Judgement on Edom 49:7–22
Judgment on Damascus 49:23–27
Judgment on Kedar and Hazor 49:28–33
Judgment on Elam 49:34–39
Concerning Babylon 50:1–51:64
A Prophecy against Babylon 50:1–3
Hope for Israel and Judah 50:4–10
Babylon’s Fall Is Certain 50:11–16
Redemption for God’s People 50:17–20
The Destruction of Babylon 50:21–51:14
Praise to the God of Jacob 51:15–19
Babylon’s Punishment 51:20–58
Jeremiah’s Prophecy to Seraiah 51:59–64
The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted 52:1–34
Nebuchadnezzar Sieges Jerusalem 52:1–11
The Temple Destroyed 52:12–23
Captives Carried to Babylon 52:24–30
Evil-merodach Releases Jehoiachin 52:31–34

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1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

2 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

6 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

7 But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

9 Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

10 See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

11 And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

12 “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”

13 Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

14 Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

15 For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

17 Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

18 Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

19 They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

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