•Original Power Point
By
Chris Reeves
Additions to the original
By Jack Wheeler Clovis Ca.
Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com
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•Book of Jeremiah
Prepared by Chris Reeves * Winter Quarter 2004
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Reason for studying Jeremiah
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Romans 15:4 (KJV)
4 For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of
the scriptures might have hope.
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Brief Look At All Bible Lands
Palestine
Lesson 2
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Jeremiah in the Old Testament
Law (5)
History (12)
Wisdom (5)
Prophecy (17)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1&2 Samuel
1&2 Kings
1&2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of
Solomon
Major Prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel,
Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah,
Nahum,
Habakkuk,
Zephaniah,
Haggai,
Zechariah,
Malachi
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Jeremiah in the Old Testament
Pre-Exile
Prophets
Jonah, Amos,
Hosea, Joel,
Obadiah, Isaiah,
Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk,
Zephaniah,
Jeremiah
Exile Prophets
Ezekiel
Daniel
Post-Exile
Prophets
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
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Judah’s Last Days
Lesson
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2 Kings 18-25; 2 Chronicles 29-36
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Judah’s Last Days
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Jeremiah was God’s spokesman during this time
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586 BC
The Israelites would not listen to Jeremiah
Babylon came again in 586 BC and Jerusalem
was leveled
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Gold was stripped from the walls of the temple
Bronze pillars were broken and carried away
Walls broken down and the gates burned
Rest of the people were taken captive
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Nothing was left but a pile of rubbish!
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Jeremiah the “Prophet”
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Jeremiah was a “prophet” (1:5-7)
A “prophet” was a spokesman; a
mouthpiece for God, guided by the Holy
Spirit (Ex. 4:11-16; Deut. 18:15,18;
Act. 28:25).
A “prophet” called God’s people back to
God’s law and covenant (2 Kings 17:13;
Jer. 11:1-2, 7-8; 25:3-4).
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Jeremiah the Man
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We know more about Jeremiah the prophet
than any other prophet in the Old
Testament
Jeremiah had to learn to go when
commissioned (1:6)
Jeremiah was “the weeping prophet” who
had a broken heart for the sins of his
people (4:19-20; 8:21-22; 9:1; 13:17; 23:9)
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Jeremiah the Man
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Jeremiah persevered under difficult
circumstances: when despised-persecuted
(11:18-23; 12:6; 18:11-12, 15-17;
19:14-15: 20:1-6; 26:1-13; 37:11-15,
(Benjamin slide) 37:16-21.
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Jeremiah the Man
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Jeremiah persevered under difficult
circumstances: when despised-persecuted
(11:18-23; 12:6; 18:11-12, 15-17;
19:14-15: 20:1-6; 26:1-13; 37:11-15,
(Benjamin slide) 37:16-21.
He was not allowed to marry (16:1-4)
Jeremiah wanted to resign, but he had a
burning desire to proclaim God’s word
(20:7-9)
Jeremiah was finally exiled in Egypt
(43:1-7)
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Jeremiah the Man
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Jeremiah 20:1-2 (KJV)
1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who
was also chief governor in the house of the
LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these
things.
2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet,
and put him in the stocks that were in the high
gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of
the Lord.
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Jeremiah Authorship
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Jeremiah means “Jehovah throws”
Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah (1:1)
Jeremiah was from “Anathoth in the land
Benjamin,” a town assign to the priests, 2 to 3
miles northeast of Jerusalem (1:1; Josh. 21:18)
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Jeremiah Authorship
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Jeremiah dictated his words to his scribe named
Baruch (36:4)
Jeremiah does not arrange his material in
chronological order, but in topical order:
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Call of Jeremiah (1)
Prophecies of doom (2-29)
Prophecies of hope (30-33)
Siege and fall of Jerusalem (34-39)
Post Jerusalem fall (40-45)
Prophecies to foreign nations (46-51)
Fall of Jerusalem (52)
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Date of Jeremiah
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Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years
627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3).
Josiah the King was a descendant of Solomon
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Date of Jeremiah
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Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years
627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3).
Josiah was a descendant of Solomon
He was contemporary with Nahum, Habakkuk,
and Zephaniah (prophets in Judah)
Contemporary with Ezekiel and Daniel
(prophets in Babylon).
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Key Dates in Jeremiah
Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Josiah
627 B.C.
1:1-3
Jeremiah’s
call
Jehoahaz
609 B.C.
22:10-12
Jehoahaz led
captive
Jehoakim
609 B.C.
26:1-7
Jehoakim
608-605 B.C.
22:13-19
Temple
destruction
foretold
Jehoiakim
led captive
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Key Dates in Jeremiah
Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Jehoiakim
605 B.C.
25:1-14
Jehoiakim
605 B.C.
45:1-5
Seventy year
captivity
foretold
Baruch’s life
spared
Jehoiakim
605 B.C.
46:1-2
Battle of
Carchemish
Jehoiakim
605-604 B.C.
36:1-32
God’s word
burned
Jehoiakim
601-598 B.C.
35:1-19
Rechabites
example
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Key Dates in Jeremiah
Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Jehoiachin
598-597 B.C.
22:24-30
Jehoiachin
led captive
Zedekiah
597 B.C.
24:1-10
Good and
bad figs
Zedekiah
597 B.C.
29:1-32
Zedekiah
597 B.C.
49:34-39
Return after
70 years
foretold
Prophecy
against Elam
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Key Dates in Jeremiah
Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Zedekiah
594-593 B.C.
28:1;
51:59-64
False
prophecy of
Hananiah;
symbolic act
of Seraiah
Zedekiah
588-87 B.C.
34:1-22
Prophecy of
Jerusalem’s
fall
Zedekiah
588-87 B.C.
21:1-10
Zedekiah
urged to
surrender
Zedekiah
588-87 B.C.
37:1 - 38:28
Jeremiah
imprisoned
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Key Dates in Jeremiah
Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Zedekiah
587 B.C.
32:1-44
Jeremiah
buys a field
Zedekiah
587 B.C.
33:1-26
Zedekiah
586 B.C.
1:3; 39:1-18;
52:1-30
Return to
Jerusalem
foretold
Fall of
Jerusalem
Gedaliah
(governor)
586 B.C.
40:1 – 41:18
Gedaliah
appointed &
assassinated
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Ruler
Year
Reference
Summary
Johanan
(leader)
c. 586 B.C.
42:1-22
Remnant
stays in the
land
Johanan
c. 585 B.C.
43:1-7
Remnant
flees to Egypt
Johanan
c. 582-580
B.C.
43:8-13;
44:1-30
Jeremiah’s
last words in
Egypt
Johanan
582 B.C.
52:30
4th minor
deportation
Johanan
562 B.C.
52:31-34
Jehoiachin
treated kindly
by Evil-mero
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Three Stages of Jeremiah’s Ministry
627 to 605 B.C. 605 to 586 B.C. 586 to 580 B.C.
Prophesied
Proclaimed
Ministered in
while Judah was God’s judgment
Judah and in
threatened by while Judah was
Egypt after
Assyria and
threatened and Judah’s downfall
Egypt
besieged by
Babylon
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Jeremiah in the Old Testament
(Previous Slide)
Pre-Exile
Prophets
Jonah, Amos,
Hosea, Joel,
Obadiah, Isaiah,
Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk,
Zephaniah,
Jeremiah
Exile Prophets
Ezekiel
Daniel
Post-Exile
Prophets
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
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Ministry of Jeremiah
Chapters 1-39
586 B.C.
1. Prophecies during
Josiah’s reign (1-12)
2. Prophecies during
Jehoiakim’s reign (13-20,
25-26, 35-36)
3. Prophecies during the
reign of Jehoiakim and
Zedekiah (45-51)
4. Prophecies during
Zedekiah’s reign (21-24,
27-34, 37-39,52)
Prophecies After the Fall
of Jerusalem
Book of Lamentations
Prophecies Before the
Fall of Jerusalem
Chapters 40-52
1. Prophecies to the
remnant in Judah (40-42)
2. Prophecies to the
remnant in Egypt (43-44)
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Jeremiah’s Audience
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Jeremiah proclaimed a message of doom (using
words, signs and symbols) to the stiff-necked
and black-sliding people of Judah in the
declining days before the Babylonian captivity
(Jer. 1-39)
Jeremiah proclaimed a message of hope to the
discouraged and dismayed remnant of people
scattered around (Palestine, Egypt, Babylon) as
a result of the captivity (Jer. 40-52)
Judah opposed, beat, isolated, threatened,
persecuted and imprisoned Jeremiah. He was
lonely, rejected and persecuted
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Jeremiah’s Theme and Purpose
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Key Theme: divine judgment is at hand
Key Verse: 1:10; 18:7-10
Key Purpose:
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Historical purpose: How God judged Judah by
using the Babylonians (1:13-16; 25:9)
Doctrinal purpose: Righteousness exalts a
nation, but sin is a reproach … (Prov. 14:34)
Messianic purpose: Christ will bring a new
covenant (31:31-33)
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Jeremiah’s Message
1:10
Four Themes
Emphasis
1. Rebuke
People’s sin
Destruction
Construction
Time
Present (2:1ff)
2. Warning
God’s right.
Future (2326,31)
3. Invitation
God’s grace
Present (3:1ff)
4. Consolation People’s hope Future (23:140; 30:4-11;
32:37-41;
33:14-26)
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Jeremiah Authorship
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Jeremiah dictated his words to his scribe named
Baruch (36:4)
Jeremiah does not arrange his material in
chronological order, but in topical order:
•
•
•
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•
Call of Jeremiah (1)
Prophecies of doom (2-29)
Prophecies of hope (30-33)
Siege and fall of Jerusalem (34-39)
Post Jerusalem fall (40-45)
Prophecies to foreign nations (46-51)
Fall of Jerusalem (52)
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Date of Jeremiah
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Jeremiah prophesied approximately 46 years
627-580 B.C. (1:2; 3:6; 25:3).
Josiah was a descendant of Solomon
He was contemporary with Nahum, Habakkuk,
and Zephaniah (prophets in Judah)
Contemporary with Ezekiel and Daniel
(prophets in Babylon).
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Three Stages of Jeremiah’s Ministry
627 to 605 B.C. 605 to 586 B.C. 586 to 580 B.C.
Prophesied
Proclaimed
Ministered in
while Judah was God’s judgment
Judah and in
threatened by while Judah was
Egypt after
Assyria and
threatened and Judah’s downfall
Egypt
besieged by
Babylon
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Ministry of Jeremiah
Chapters 1-39
586 B.C.
1. Prophecies during
Josiah’s reign (1-12)
2. Prophecies during
Jehoiakim’s reign (13-20,
25-26, 35-36)
3. Prophecies during the
reign of Jehoiakim and
Zedekiah (45-51)
4. Prophecies during
Zedekiah’s reign (21-24,
27-34, 37-39,52)
Prophecies After the Fall
of Jerusalem
Book of Lamentations
Prophecies Before the
Fall of Jerusalem
Chapters 40-52
1. Prophecies to the
remnant in Judah (40-42)
2. Prophecies to the
remnant in Egypt (43-44)
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Jeremiah’s Audience
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Jeremiah proclaimed a message of doom (using
words, signs and symbols) to the stiff-necked
and black-sliding people of Judah in the
declining days before the Babylonian captivity
(Jer. 1-39)
Jeremiah proclaimed a message of hope to the
discouraged and dismayed remnant of people
scattered around (Palestine, Egypt, Babylon) as
a result of the captivity (Jer. 40-52)
Judah opposed, beat, isolated, threatened,
persecuted and imprisoned Jeremiah. He was
lonely, rejected and persecuted
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Jeremiah’s Message
1:10
Four Themes
Emphasis
1. Rebuke
People’s sin
Destruction
Construction
Time
Present (2:1ff)
2. Warning
God’s right.
Future (2326,31)
3. Invitation
God’s grace
Present (3:1ff)
4. Consolation People’s hope Future (23:140; 30:4-11;
32:37-41;
33:14-26)
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