CHARLES DYER WITH EVA RYDELNIK
OUTLINE
Introduction
I. Introduction to the Book of Jeremiah (1:1-19)
A. The Prophet’s Background (1:1-3)
B. The Prophet’s Call (1:4-10)
C. The Prophet’s Confirming Visions (1:11-16)
1. The Blossoming Almond Branch (1:11-12)
2. The Boiling Pot (1:13-16)
D. The Prophet’s Challenge (1:17-19)
II. Prophecies Concerning Judah (2:1–45:5)
A. Divine Judgment on Judah (2:1–25:38)
1. Jeremiah’s Nine General Prophecies of Judgment (2:1–20:18)
a. First Prophecy of Judgment—Jerusalem’s Faithlessness (2:1–3:5)
b. Second Prophecy of Judgment—Judah’s Call to Repentance in Light of Coming Judgment (3:6–6:30)
(1) The Summons to Repent (3:6–4:4)
(2) The Warning of Coming Judgment (4:5-31)
(3) The Reasons for Coming Judgment (5:1-31)
(4) The Certainty of Coming Judgment (6:1-30)
c. Third Prophecy of Judgment—Judgment on False Religion and Its Punishment (7:1–10:25)
(1) The Temple Address: Judah’s False Worship (7:1–8:3)
(2) The Temple Address: God’s Retribution on the People (8:4–10:25)
d. Fourth Prophecy of Judgment—The Broken Covenant (11:1–12:17)
(1) The Violation of the Covenant (11:1-17)
(2) The Consequences of Violating the Covenant (11:18–12:17)
e. Fifth Prophecy of Judgment—The Object Lessons of the Linen Belt and the Wineskins (13:1-27)
(1) The Illustration of the Linen Waistband (13:1-11)
(2) The Parable of the Wineskins (13:12-14)
(3) The Message on Sin and Its Results (13:15-27)
f. Sixth Prophecy of Judgment—The Drought and Prayer (14:1–15:21)
(1) The Fate of Jerusalem (15:5-9)
(2) Jeremiah’s Complaint (15:10-21)
g. Seventh Prophecy of Judgment—Jeremiah’s Restrictions and Judah’s Sin (16:1–17:18)
(1) Jeremiah’s Restrictions (16:1-9)
(2) Judah’s Sin (16:10–17:18)
h. Eighth Prophecy of Judgment—For Failure to Keep the Sabbath (17:19-27)
i. Ninth Prophecy of Judgment—Object Lesson of the Potter and the Broken Jar (18:1–20:18)
(1) The Message at the Potter’s House (18:1-23)
(2) The Message of the Broken Jar (19:1-15)
(3) Pashhur’s Response (20:1-6)
(4) Jeremiah’s Complaint (20:7-18)
2. Jeremiah’s Four Specific Prophecies of Judgment (21:1–25:38)
a. The Rebuke of the Kings of Judah (21:1–23:8)
(1) The Rebuke to Zedekiah (21:1–22:9)
(2) The Rebuke to Shallum (22:11-12)
(3) The Rebuke to Jehoiakim (22:13-23)
(4) The Rebuke to Coniah (Jehoiachin) (22:24-30)
(5) The Hope of Messiah, the Righteous Branch (23:1-8)
b. The Rebuke of the False Prophets (23:9-40)
(1) The Character of the False Prophets (23:9-15)
(2) The message of the false prophets (23:16-40)
c. The Two Baskets of Figs (24:1-10)
(1) The Vision of the Two Baskets of Figs (24:1-3)
(2) The Explanation of the Good Figs (24:4-7)
(3) The Explanation of the Poor Figs (24:8-10)
d. The Seventy-Year Captivity in Babylon (25:1-38)
(1) Warnings Ignored (25:1-7)
(2) Judgment Described (25:8-14)
(3) Wrath Promised (25:15-29)
(4) Universal Judgment Affirmed (25:30-38)
B. Jeremiah’s Personal Conflict with Judah (26:1–29:32)
1. Jeremiah’s Conflict with the People (26:1-24)
a. Jeremiah’s Message (26:1-6)
b. Jeremiah’s Arrest and Trial (26:7-15)
c. Jeremiah’s Deliverance (26:16-24)
2. Jeremiah’s Conflict with the False Prophets in Jerusalem (27:1–28:17)
a. Jeremiah’s Prophecy (27:1-22)
(1) The Message to the Ambassadors (27:1-11)
(2) The Message to Zedekiah (27:12-15)
(3) The Message to the Priests and People (27:16-22)
b. Hananiah’s Opposition (28:1-17)
(1) Jeremiah’s Conflict with Hananiah (28:1-11)
(2) Jeremiah’s Message to Hananiah (28:12-17)
3. Jeremiah’s Conflict with the False Prophets in Exile (29:1-32)
a. Jeremiah’s First Letter to the Exiles (29:1-23)
(1) The Introduction (29:1-3)
(2) The Announcement of a Long Exile (29:4-14)
(3) The Warning against False Prophets (29:15-23)
b. Jeremiah’s Second Letter to the Exiles (29:24-32)
(1) The Report of Shemaiah’s Letter to Jerusalem (29:24-29)
(2) The Condemnation of Shemaiah (29:30-32)
C. Future Comfort for Israel and Judah (30:1–33:26)
1. The Restoration of Israel and Judah Declared (30:1-24)
a. Physical Deliverance of Israel and Judah (30:1-11)
(1) The Nation’s Restoration to the Land (30:1-3)
(2) The Time of Jacob’s Distress Prior to Restoration (30:4-7)
(3) Restoration and Deliverance by the Lord (30:8-11)
b. The Spiritual Healing of Zion (30:12-17)
(1) Israel’s Sin Caused Her Wounds (30:12-15)
(2) God Would Heal Israel’s Wounds (30:16-17)
c. The Nation’s Material and Spiritual Blessing (30:18-22)
d. The Judgment on the Wicked (30:23-24)
2. The New Covenant: Israel’s Future Hope (31:1-40)
a. The National Restoration of Israel (31:2-22)
b. The National Restoration of Judah (31:23-26)
c. The New Covenant (31:27-40)
3. The Restoration of Israel and Judah Illustrated (32:1-44)
a. The Illustration: Buy a Field in Anathoth (32:1-12)
(1) Jeremiah’s Circumstances (32:1-5)
(2) The Purchase of the Field at Anathoth (32:6-12)
b. The Explanation of the Purchase (32:13-15)
c. The Prayer of Jeremiah (32:16-25)
(1) His Praise for God’s Greatness (32:16-23)
(2) His Puzzlement over God’s Promise (32:24-25)
d. The Answer of the Lord (32:26-44)
(1) The City Will Be Destroyed (32:26-35)
(2) The City Will Be Restored (32:36-44)
4. The Restoration of Israel and Judah Reaffirmed (33:1-26)
a. The Coming Judgment and Future Restoration (33:1-13)
(1) The Judgment (33:1-5)
(2) The Restoration (33:6-13)
b. The Covenants with David and the Levitical Priests (33:14-26)
(1) The Covenants (33:14-18)
(2) The Confirmation of God’s Covenant Promises (33:19-26)
D. Present Catastrophe of Judah (34:1–45:5)
1. Before the Fall of Jerusalem (34:1–36:32)
a. The Inconsistency of the People (34:1-22)
(1) The Warning to Zedekiah of His Exile (34:1-7)
(2) The Warning to the People for Enslaving Their Countrymen (34:8-22)
b. The Consistency of the Rechabites: An Object Lesson to Judah (35:1-19)
(1) The Fidelity of the Rechabites (35:1-11)
(2) The Example of the Rechabites (35:12-17)
(3) The Reward of the Rechabites (35:18-19)
c. Jehoiakim’s Scroll-Burning (36:1-32)
(1) The Writing of the Scroll (36:1-7)
(2) The Reading of the Scroll (36:8-19)
(3) The Burning of the Scroll (36:20-26)
(4) The Rewriting of the Scroll (36:27-32)
2. During the Fall of Jerusalem (37:1–39:18)
a. Jeremiah’s Message to Zedekiah about Egypt (37:1-10)
b. Jeremiah’s Imprisonment (37:11–38:28)
(1) Jeremiah’s Arrest and Confinement in a Dungeon (37:11-16)
(2) Jeremiah’s First Meeting with Zedekiah and Transfer to the Courtyard of the Guard (37:17-21)
(3) Jeremiah’s Confinement in a Cistern (38:1-6)
(4) Jeremiah’s Rescue from the Cistern (38:7-13)
(5) Jeremiah’s Second Meeting with Zedekiah (38:14-28)
c. Jerusalem’s Destruction (39:1-18)
(1) The Fate of the Jews (39:1-10)
(2) The Fate of Jeremiah (39:11-18)
3. After the Fall of Jerusalem (40:1–45:5)
a. Jeremiah’s Ministry to the Remnant in Judah (40:1–42:22)
(1) The Governorship of Gedaliah (40:1-12)
(2) The Assassination of Gedaliah (40:13–41:15)
(3) The Leadership of Johanan (41:16–42:22)
b. Jeremiah’s Ministry to the Remnant in Egypt (43:1–44:30)
(1) The Remnant’s Flight to Egypt (43:1-7)
(2) The Prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar’s Invasion of Egypt (43:8-13)
(3) The Warning of God’s Judgment (44:1-30)
c. Jeremiah’s Ministry to Baruch (45:1-5)
III. Prophecies Concerning Nations (46:1–51:64)
A. Prophecy against Egypt (46:1-28)
1. Egypt to Be Defeated at Carchemish (46:1-12)
2. Egypt to Be Invaded and Exiled (46:13-26)
3. Israel to Be Regathered (46:27-28)
B. Prophecy against Philistia (47:1-7)
C. Prophecy against Moab (48:1-47)
1. Moab’s Land to Be Destroyed (48:1-10)
2. Moab’s Complacency to Be Shattered (48:11-17)
3. Moab’s Cities to Experience Catastrophe (48:18-27)
4. Moab’s Pride to Cease (48:28-39)
5. Moab’s Destruction to Be Complete (48:40-47)
D. Prophecy against Ammon (49:1-6)
E. Prophecy against Edom (49:7-22)
F. Prophecy against Damascus (49:23-27)
G. Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33)
H. Prophecy against Elam (49:34-39)
I. Prophecy against Babylon (50:1–51:64)
1. The Announcement of Judgment (50:1-10)
2. The Fall of Babylon (50:11-16)
3. The Restoration of Israel (50:17-20)
4. The Attack on Babylon (50:21-40)
5. The Anguish of Babylon (50:41-46)
6. God’s Vengeance against Babylon (51:1-14)
7. God’s Sovereignty over Babylon (51:15-26)
8. The Summons to the Nations against Babylon (51:27-33)
9. God’s Revenge on Babylon (51:34-44)
10. The Warning to the Remnant in Babylon (51:45-48)
11. The Certainty of Babylon’s Fall (51:49-53)
12. God’s Repayment of Babylon (51:54-58)
13. Seraiah’s Symbolic Mission (51:59-64)
IV. Conclusion: Historical Supplement (52:1-34)
A. The Fate of Jerusalem (52:1-23)
1. The Fall of Zedekiah (52:1-11)
2. The Destruction of the City (52:12-16)
3. The Destruction of the Temple (52:17-23)
B. The Fate of Certain Individuals (52:24-34)
1. The Fate of Those in Jerusalem During Its Fall (52:24-27)
2. The Fate of the Exiles (52:28-30)
3. The Fate of Jehoiachin (52:31-34)