Jeremiah
An overview of every chapter in Jeremiah, chapter by chapter.
| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Jeremiah 1 | Superscription; Jeremiah’s Call and First Visions |
| Jeremiah 2 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: The Lord’s Case against His People; The Results of Israel's Sin; Israel, an Unfaithful Wife |
| Jeremiah 3 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Israel, an Unfaithful Wife (continued); Judah Follows Israel’s Example; Hope for a Wayward Israel |
| Jeremiah 4 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Hope for a Wayward Israel (continued); Coming Judgment against Judah; Jeremiah Weeps for His People; Jeremiah’s Vision of Coming Disaster |
| Jeremiah 5 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: The Sins of Judah; A Warning for God’s People |
| Jeremiah 6 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jerusalem's Last Warning; Judah’s Constant Rebellion; Judah Rejects the Lord’s Way; An Invasion from the North |
| Jeremiah 7 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah Speaks at the Temple; Judah’s Persistent Idolatry; The Valley of Slaughter |
| Jeremiah 8 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: The Valley of Slaughter (continued); Deception by False Prophets; Jeremiah Weeps for Sinful Judah |
| Jeremiah 9 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah Weeps for Sinful Judah (continued); Judgment for Disobedience; Weeping in Jerusalem |
| Jeremiah 10 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Idolatry Brings Destruction; The Coming Destruction; Jeremiah’s Prayer |
| Jeremiah 11 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Judah’s Broken Covenant; A Plot Against Jeremiah |
| Jeremiah 12 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice; The Lord’s Reply to Jeremiah; A Message for Israel’s Neighbors |
| Jeremiah 13 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah’s Linen Loincloth; A Warning Against Pride |
| Jeremiah 14 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Judah’s Terrible Drought; The Lord Forbids Jeremiah to Intercede; A Prayer for Healing |
| Jeremiah 15 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Judah’s Inevitable Doom; Jeremiah’s Complaint |
| Jeremiah 16 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry; Judah’s Coming Punishment; Hope Despite the Disaster; Jeremiah’s Prayer of Confidence |
| Jeremiah 17 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Judah’s Sin and Punishment; Wisdom from the Lord; Jeremiah’s Trust in the Lord; Observing the Sabbath |
| Jeremiah 18 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: The Potter and the Clay; A Plot Against Jeremiah |
| Jeremiah 19 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah’s Shattered Jar |
| Jeremiah 20 | Jeremiah’s Early Ministry: Jeremiah and Pashhur; Jeremiah’s Complaint |
| Jeremiah 21 | Messages of Judgment: Messages about the Kings of Judah: No Deliverance from Babylon; Judgment on Judah’s Kings |
| Jeremiah 22 | Messages of Judgment: A Message for Judah’s Kings; A Message about the Palace; A Message about Jehoahaz; A Message about Jehoiakim; A Message for Jehoiachin |
| Jeremiah 23 | Messages of Judgment: The Righteous Descendent; Messages for Judah: Judgment on False Prophets; False Prophecies and False Prophets |
| Jeremiah 24 | Messages for Judah: Good and Bad Figs |
| Jeremiah 25 | Messages for Judah: Seventy Years of Captivity; The Cup of the Lord’s Anger |
| Jeremiah 26 | Messages for Judah: Jeremiah’s Escape from Death |
| Jeremiah 27 | The Yoke of Babylon: Jeremiah Wears an Ox Yoke |
| Jeremiah 28 | The Yoke of Babylon: Jeremiah Condemns Hananiah |
| Jeremiah 29 | Messages to the Exiles in Babylon: A Letter to the Exiles; A Message for Shemaiah |
| Jeremiah 30 | Messages of Hope: Promises of Deliverance |
| Jeremiah 31 | Messages of Hope: Hope for Restoration; Rachel’s Sadness Turned to Joy |
| Jeremiah 32 | Messages of Hope: Jeremiah’s Land Purchase; Jeremiah’s Prayer; A Prediction of Jerusalem’s Fall; A Promise of Restoration |
| Jeremiah 33 | Messages of Hope: Promises of Peace and Prosperity |
| Jeremiah 34 | Jerusalem's Destruction: A Warning for Zedekiah; Freedom for Hebrew Slaves |
| Jeremiah 35 | Jerusalem’s Destruction: The Faithful Recabites |
| Jeremiah 36 | Jerusalem’s Destruction: Baruch Reads the Lord’s Messages; King Jehoiachin Burns the Scroll; Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll |
| Jeremiah 37 | Jerusalem’s Destruction: Zedekiah Calls for Jeremiah; Jeremiah is Imprisoned |
| Jeremiah 38 | Jerusalem’s Destruction: Jeremiah in a Cistern; Zedekiah Questions Jeremiah |
| Jeremiah 39 | Jerusalem’s Destruction: The Fall of Jerusalem; Jeremiah Remains in Judah; A Message for Ebed-Melech |
| Jeremiah 40 | After the Destruction of Jerusalem: A Message for Jeremiah; Gedaliah Governs in Judah; A Plot Against Gedeliah |
| Jeremiah 41 | After the Destruction of Jerusalem: The Murder of Gedeliah |
| Jeremiah 42 | After the Destruction of Jerusalem: Warning to Stay in Judah |
| Jeremiah 43 | After the Destruction of Jerusalem: Jeremiah Taken to Egypt |
| Jeremiah 44 | After the Destruction of Jerusalem: Judgment for Idolatry |
| Jeremiah 45 | A Message for Baruch |
| Jeremiah 46 | Messages for the Nations: Intro; Messages about Egypt |
| Jeremiah 47 | Messages for the Nations: A Message about Philistia |
| Jeremiah 48 | Messages for the Nations: A Message about Moab |
| Jeremiah 49 | Messages for the Nations: A Message about Ammon; Messages about Edom; A Message about Damascus; A Message about Kedar and Hazor; A Message about Elam |
| Jeremiah 50 | Messages about Babylon: A Message about Babylon; Hope for Israel and Judah; Babylon’s Sure Fall; Hope for God’s People; The Lord’s Judgment on Babylon |
| Jeremiah 51 | Messages about Babylon: The Lord’s Judgment on Babylon (continued); A Hymn of Praise to the Lord; Babylon’s Great Punishment; The Lord’s Vengeance on Babylon; A Message for the Exiles; Babylon’s Complete Destruction; Jeremiah’s Message Sent to Babylon |
| Jeremiah 52 | Historical Appendix: Judgment on Jerusalem: The Fall of Jerusalem; The Temple Destroyed; Hope for Israel’s Royal Line |