Text
2 Kings 23-25; Jeremiah;
Lamentations
Next week’s assignment:
• Ezekiel; Daniel; Zechariah
2 Kings 23-25
Historical Overview
Pharaoh-nechoh
Josiah
Last Righteous King of Judah
2 Kings 23:29-30
Pharaoh-nechoh
Jehoahaz
(3 Month Reign)
2 Kings 23:31-34
Pharaoh-nechoh
Nebuchadnezzar
(Babylonian King)
Jehoiakim
(11 Year Reign)
2 Kings 23:34-37; 24:1-6
Nebuchadnezzar
(Babylonian King)
Jehoiakim
(11 Year Reign)
2 Kings 23:34-37; 24:1-6
Nebuchadnezzar
(Babylonian King)
Jehoiachin
(Rebelled against Neb.)
2 Kings 24:6-13
Nebuchadnezzar
(Babylonian King)
2 Kings 24:6-13
Jehoiachin
(Rebelled against Neb.)
Text
2 Kings 24:14-16
(about 606 B.C.)
Nebuchadnezzar
Zedekiah
(Babylonian King)
(3 Month Reign)
2 Kings 24:17-20; 25:1-7
Nebuchadnezzar
Zedekiah
(Babylonian King)
(3 Month Reign)
Major B of M Intersection!
1 Nephi 1:4
Who were some of the “many prophets”
who testified against Jerusalem?
• Jeremiah
• Obadiah
• Nahum
• Ezekiel?
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Daniel?
• Lehi
JUDAH: SOUTHERN KINGDOM
MAIN KINGS
ISRAEL: NORTHERN KINGDOM
MAIN KINGS
MAIN PROPHETS
MAIN PROPHETS
780 BC
Uzziah 
760 BC
740 BC
Isaiah
Hezekiah 
Micah
Ahaz 
Jeroboam II 
Menahem
Pekahiah
720 BC
Pekah 
Hoshea 
700 BC
680 BC
Manasseh 
660 BC
Nahum?
Jehoiakim 
Zedekiah 
Babylonian
Captivity
Jeremiah
Josiah 
640 BC
Zephaniah?
620 BC
Habakkuk
Lehi
600 BC
580BC
Assyrian
Captivity
Amos
Hosea
Jotham 
Jonah
Obed
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What was on
the Brass Plates?
1 Nephi 5:10-13
1 Nephi 5:13
Text
“And also the
prophecies of the
holy prophets, from
the beginning, even
down to the
commencement of
the reign of
Zedekiah; and also
many prophecies
which have been
spoken by the
mouth of
Jeremiah.”
Jeremiah 1:1-3
The historical context of his ministry.
Jeremiah in Historical Context
626 B.C.—586 B.C.
1st Babylonian
invasion
JOSIAH
becomes king
650 B.C.
641 B.C.
JEHOIAKIM
becomes king
625 B.C.
609 B.C.
2nd Babylonian
invasion
ZEDEKIAH
becomes king
597B.C.
600 B.C.
587B.C.
Jeremiah’s Ministry
626 B.C.
586 B.C.
575 B.C.
The Book of Jeremiah
1. Jeremiah 1-6.
Prophecies under King Josiah (626-608 B.C.)
2. Jeremiah 7-20.
Prophecies under King Jehoiakim (608-598 B.C.)
3. Jeremiah 21-38.
Prophecies under King Zedekiah (597-586 B.C.)
4. Jeremiah 39-44.
History & other events after the fall of Jerusalem.
5. Jeremiah 46-51.
Prophecies against foreign nations.
* Jeremiah 52 forms a historical conclusion.
Jeremiah in Historical Context
626 B.C.—586 B.C.
1st Babylonian
invasion
JOSIAH
becomes king
650 B.C.
641 B.C.
JEHOIAKIM
becomes king
625 B.C.
Jeremiah
1-6
609 B.C.
2nd Babylonian
invasion
ZEDEKIAH
becomes king
597B.C.
600 B.C.
587B.C.
Jeremiah Jeremiah
7-20
21-38
575 B.C.
Jeremiah 1:4-10, 17-19
Jeremiah’s call to be a prophet.
Joseph Smith
President
(Teachings of the Prophet
Joseph Smith, p. 365)
“Every man who has a calling
to minister to the inhabitants
of the world was ordained to
that very purpose in the Grand
Council in heaven before this
world was. I suppose that I
was ordained to this very
office in that Grand Council.”
What’s Wrong with Judah?
Jeremiah 2:13
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Quorum of the Twelve
(“Living Water to Quench
Spiritual Thirst,” Ensign,
May 1995, p.18)
“The words of the Lord to … the
prophet Jeremiah describe the
condition of many of Gods children
in our own day: ‘My people have
forsaken me the fountain of living
waters, and hewed them out
broken cisterns, that can hold no
water.’
“Too many of our Heavenly Fathers
children spend their precious lives
carving out broken cisterns of
worldly gain that cannot hold the
living water that satisfies fully their
natural thirst for everlasting truth.”
Judah’s Infidelity
Jeremiah 3:14, 20
Jeremiah 2:32
Jeremiah 3:1-2, 6-11
Lamentations 1:1-2, 6
What Broke Their Cisterns?
How did Judah Cheat On the Lord?
What were the Sins of Judah?
• Jeremiah 5:7
• Jeremiah 7:9
• Jeremiah 5:8
• Jeremiah 7:18
• Jeremiah 5:23
• Jeremiah 7:25-26
• Jeremiah 6:10
• Jeremiah 7:31
• Jeremiah 6:13
• Jeremiah 11:13
• Jeremiah 6:15
• Ezekiel 7:23
Jeremiah 11:13
“Baal [was] the idol referred
to by Old Testament
prophets as ‘The Shame,’
given the sexual perversions
that were associated with its
worship.”
D. Todd Christofferson
Quorum of the Twelve
(Ensign, Nov. 2008)
“We know that the people who
were in the land of Jerusalem
were a righteous people.”
Laman & Lemuel
1 Nephi 17:22
What Broke Their Cisterns?
How did Judah Cheat On the Lord?
What were the Sins of Judah?
• Jeremiah 5:7
• Jeremiah 7:9
• Jeremiah 5:8
• Jeremiah 7:18
• Jeremiah 5:23
• Jeremiah 7:25-26
• Jeremiah 6:10
• Jeremiah 7:31
• Jeremiah 6:13
• Jeremiah 11:13
• Jeremiah 6:15
• Ezekiel 7:23
Insights about the nature of sin
Jeremiah 2:19
Jeremiah 2:22
Jeremiah 5:25
Spencer W. Kimball
Quorum of the Twelve
(The Miracle of
Forgiveness, 62)
“One may bathe hourly,
perfume oneself often,
have hair shampooed
frequently, have
fingernails manicured
daily, … and still be as
filthy as hell's cesspools.
What defiles is sin, and
especially sexual sin.”
Judah’s infidelity was supported,
urged on, and upheld by false
prophets & teachers.
Jeremiah 5:31
Jeremiah 6:13-16
Jeremiah 23
Some Characteristics
of False Prophets
Jeremiah 23:16-17, 26-27, 31-32
What do They Teach?
“False prophets
always arise to oppose
the true prophets.”
Joseph Smith
President
(Teachings of the Prophet
Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph
Fielding Smith [1976], 365).
M. Russell Ballard
Quorum of the Twelve
("Beware of False Prophets
and False Teachers," Ensign,
November 1999, p.62)
“False prophets and false
teachers are those who
arrogantly attempt to
fashion new interpretations
of the scriptures to
demonstrate that these
sacred texts should not be
read as God’s words to His
children but merely as the
utterances of uninspired
men, limited by their own
prejudices and cultural
biases….
M. Russell Ballard
Quorum of the Twelve
("Beware of False Prophets
and False Teachers," Ensign,
November 1999, p.62)
“False prophets and false
teachers are also those who
attempt to change the God-given
and scripturally based doctrines
that protect the sanctity of
marriage, the divine nature of the
family, and the essential doctrine
of personal morality. They
advocate a redefinition of
morality to justify fornication,
adultery, and homosexual
relationships. Some openly
champion the legalization of socalled same-gender marriages.”
According to these verses, what Do All False
Prophets Have in Common?
Jeremiah 23:21, 32
Jeremiah 27:15
Jeremiah 29:9
What about True Prophets?
Jeremiah 35:15
How do we know if God has “sent” a
prophet or authorized a teacher?
D&C 42:11—
“Again I say unto you, that it shall not
be given to any one to go forth to
preach my gospel, or to build up my
church, except he be ordained by some
one who has authority, and it is known
to the church that he has authority and
has been regularly ordained by the
heads of the church.”
“Whosoever receiveth my
word receiveth me, and
whosoever receiveth me,
receiveth those, the First
Presidency, whom I have
sent, whom I have made
counselors for my name’s
sake unto you.” (D&C
112:20)
What will soon happen to them
because they didn’t repent?
Jeremiah 25:8-11
Similar Passages:
• Jeremiah 6:19-23
• Jeremiah 7:20
2 Nephi 25:9
“And as one generation hath been destroyed
among the Jews because of iniquity, even so
have they been destroyed from generation to
generation according to their iniquities; and
never hath any of them been destroyed save it
were foretold them by the prophets of the
Lord.”
The Pattern of Destruction
4. Spirit Ceases Striving with Man
3. Prophets are Rejected/No Repentance
2. God Sends Prophets to Warn
1. People Ripen in Iniquity
How was Jeremiah received?
Jeremiah 20:1-6
Jeremiah 36:1-4
Jeremiah 36:22-23
Jeremiah 37:1-8, 15-16; 38:4-6
Text
Jeremiah 37:1-8, 15-16; 38:4-6
How did Jeremiah feel to be a
messenger of the Lord?
Jeremiah 20:14-18, 7-13
2 Kings 25 &
Lamentations
The end of Judah
Jeremiah in Historical Context
626 B.C.—586 B.C.
1st Babylonian
invasion
JOSIAH
becomes king
650 B.C.
641 B.C.
JEHOIAKIM
becomes king
625 B.C.
609 B.C.
2nd Babylonian
invasion
ZEDEKIAH
becomes king
597B.C.
600 B.C.
587B.C.
Jeremiah’s Ministry
626 B.C.
586 B.C.
575 B.C.
The Pattern of Destruction
4. Spirit Ceases Striving with Man
3. Prophets are Rejected/No Repentance
2. God Sends Prophets to Warn
1. People Ripen in Iniquity
2 Kings 25:1-10
Were Laman and Lemuel Right?
1 Nephi 17:20-21
What were they really missing out on?
2 Kings 25:1-10; Lamentations 4:1-13
Camera #1
Camera #2
Jerusalem
The Wilderness
Lamentations 4:4
1 Nephi 17:2
Camera #1
Camera #2
Jerusalem
The Wilderness
Lamentations 4:8
1 Nephi 17:5
Camera #1
Camera #2
Jerusalem
The Wilderness
Lamentations 4:18
1 Nephi 17:14
Keeping the commandments may be hard,
but NOT keeping the commandments is harder.
“The living prophet
and the first
presidency—follow
them and be blessed;
reject them and suffer.”
~President Ezra Taft Benson
(BYU Devotional, 26 Feb., 1980)
Jeremiah’s Hope
Prophecies of the Latter-days
The History/Future of Covenant Israel
10 tribes lose the
promised land and are
scattered (722 B.C.)
Israel gains the
promised land
Jews are scattered
(70 A.D.)
Judah loses the
promised land
(587 B.C.)
Israel’s enemies
are destroyed
Jer. 30:16, 20
Jer. 30:14-15, 17
Time of the Gentiles
2,000 B.C.
1 A.D.
1,000 B.C.
God makes the
Covenant with
Abraham
1,000 A.D.
2,000 A.D.
Jesus is rejected by
the Jews and
The Gathering of Israel
crucified (34 A.D.)
Cyrus allows
Jews to return to
promised land
(537 B.C.)
Jer. 3:12-19
Jer. 16:14-16
Jer. 31:1-17
Jer. 32:37-41
Millennium
3??? A.D.
The Covenant is
Fulfilled!!!
Jer. 31:31-34
Jeffrey R. Holland
Quorum of the Twelve
(CES Fireside for
Young Adults,
September 12, 2004)
“One way or another, I think
virtually all of the prophets and
early apostles had their visionary
moments of our time—a view that
gave them courage in their own
less-successful eras. Those early
brethren knew an amazing
amount about us…. Some of what
they saw wasn’t pleasing, but
surely all those earlier generations
took heart from knowing that
there would finally be one
dispensation that would not fail….
Jeffrey R. Holland
Quorum of the Twelve
(CES Fireside for
Young Adults,
September 12, 2004)
“Ours is the day, collectively
speaking, toward which the
prophets have been looking from
the beginning of time, and those
earlier brethren are over there still
cheering us on! In a very real
way, their chance to consider
themselves fully successful
depends on our faithfulness
and our victory.”
The History/Future of Covenant Israel
10 tribes lose the
promised land and are
scattered (722 B.C.)
Israel gains the
promised land
Jews are scattered
(70 A.D.)
Judah loses the
promised land
(587 B.C.)
Israel’s enemies
are destroyed
Jer. 30:16, 20
Jer. 30:14-15, 17
Time of the Gentiles
2,000 B.C.
1 A.D.
1,000 B.C.
God makes the
Covenant with
Abraham
1,000 A.D.
2,000 A.D.
Jesus is rejected by
the Jews and
The Gathering of Israel
crucified (34 A.D.)
Cyrus allows
Jews to return to
promised land
(537 B.C.)
Jer. 3:12-19
Jer. 16:14-16
Jer. 31:1-17
Jer. 32:37-41
Millennium
3??? A.D.
The Covenant is
Fulfilled!!!
Jer. 31:31-34
Russell M. Nelson
Quorum of the Twelve
(“Covenants,” Ensign, Nov. 2011,
88)
“This is the time of the promised
gathering of Israel. And we get
to participate! Isn’t that
exciting? The Lord is counting
on us and our sons—and He is
profoundly grateful for our
daughters—who worthily serve
as missionaries in this great time
of the gathering of Israel.”
“If you can’t get excited
about that kind of
assignment in the
drama of history, you
can’t get excited!”
Jeffrey R. Holland
Quorum of the Twelve
(CES Fireside for Young
Adults, September 12,
2004)
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