Chapter 1
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| The time (1:1-3) |
| And the calling of Jeremiah (1:4-10) |
| His prophetical visions of an almond rod, and a boiling pot (1:11-14) |
| God's serious judgment against Judah (1:15-16) |
| God encourages Jeremiah with a promise of assistance (1:17-19) |
Chapter 2
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| God reasons earnestly with the Jews about their revolt (2:1-8) |
| Declaring it to be without precedent (2:9-13) |
| They are the cause of their own calamities (2:14-19) |
| The sins of Judah (2:20-30) |
| God rejects those whom Judah trusts (2:31-37) |
Chapter 3
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| Because of Judah's vileness, rain has been withheld (3:1-5) |
| Judah ignores Israel's example (3:6-10) |
| Judah is called from backsliding (3:11-19) |
| Israel is reproved and makes a solemn confession of sins (3:20-25) |
Chapter 4
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| God calls Israel by His promise (4:1-2) |
| He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments (4:3-18) |
| A lament for the miseries of Judah (4:19-31) |
Chapter 5
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| The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their perverseness (5:1-6) |
| For their adultery and impiety (5:7-18) |
| For their contempt of God (5:19-24) |
| And for their great corruption in the civil state (5:25-29) |
| And ecclesiastical life (5:30-31) |
Chapter 6
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| The enemies, sent against Judah (6:1-3) |
| Are encouraged (6:4-5) |
| God sets them against Jerusalem because of its sins (6:6-7) |
| The prophet laments the judgments of God (6:8-17) |
| He proclaims God's wrath (6:18-25) |
| He calls the people to mourn (6:26-30) |
Chapter 7
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| Jeremiah is sent to call for true repentance, to prevent the Jews captivity (7:1-7) |
| He rejects their vain confidence (7:8-11) |
| By the example of Shiloh (7:12-16) |
| He threatens them for their idolatry (7:17-20) |
| He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient (7:21-28) |
| He exhorts them to mourning for their abominations in Tophet (7:29-31) |
| And foretells their judgment (7:32-34) |
Chapter 8
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| The calamity visited upon the Jews, both dead and alive (8:1-3) |
| He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitence (8:4-12) |
| He foretells their grievous judgment (8:13-17) |
| And bewails their desperate state (8:18-22) |
Chapter 9
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| Jeremiah laments the Jews' many sins, and the judgment upon them (9:1-11) |
| Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity (9:12-16) |
| He exhorts them to mourn their own destruction. (9:17-22) |
| And to trust, not in themselves, but in God (9:23-24) |
| He threatens both Jews and Gentiles (9:25-26) |
Chapter 10
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| Idols are compared with God (10:1-16) |
| The prophet exhorts the people to flee from the calamity to come (10:17-18) |
| He laments the loss of the tabernacle, due to foolish pastors (10:19-22) |
| He makes humble supplication (10:23-25) |
Chapter 11
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| Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant (11:1-7) |
| Rebukes the Jews for disobeying it (11:8-10) |
| Prophesies evils to come upon them (11:11-17) |
| And upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill Jeremiah (11:18-23) |
Chapter 12
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| Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wicked and foresees their ruin (12:1-4) |
| God warns him of his brethren's treachery (12:5-6) |
| Jeremiah laments the loss of his heritage (12:7-13) |
| God promises the penitent they will return from captivity (12:14-17) |
Chapter 13
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| In the figure of a linen girdle, hidden at Euprates, God foreshows the destruction of His people (13:1-11) |
| Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine, he foretells their drunken misery (13:12-14) |
| He exhorts them to avoid future judgment (13:15-21) |
| He shows that their abominations are the cause of judgment (13:22-27) |
Chapter 14
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| The grievous famine (14:1-6) |
| Causes Jeremiah to pray (14:7-9) |
| The Lord will not hear the pleas of the people (14:10-12) |
| Lying prophets are no excuse for them (14:13-16) |
| Jeremiah voices their complaint (14:17-22) |
Chapter 15
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| The complete rejection of the Jews, and their many judgments (15:1-2) |
| Four kinds of destroyers (15:3-9) |
| Jeremiah speaks of men's spitefulness (15:10-12) |
| God's threatening reply (15:13-14) |
| Jeremiah prays (15:15-18) |
| And receives a gracious promise (15:19-21) |
Chapter 16
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| Jeremiah is not to marry (16:1-4) |
| The prophet, by figures, foreshows the ruin of the Jews (16:5-9) |
| Because they are worse than their fathers (16:10-13) |
| Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt (16:14-15) |
| God will punish them doubly for their idolatry (16:16-21) |
Chapter 17
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| The captivity of Judah (17:1-4) |
| Trust in man is cursed (17:5-6) |
| In God is blessed (17:7-8) |
| The deceitful heart cannot deceive God (17:9-11) |
| Hope and salvation are to be found in Him (17:12-14) |
| The prophet speaks of those who mock his prophecy (17:15-18) |
| He is sent to renew the covenant to hallow the sabbath (17:19-27) |
Chapter 18
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| The figure of a potter shows God's absolute power over nations (18:1-10) |
| Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt (18:11-17) |
| Jeremiah prays (18:18-23) |
Chapter 19
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| The desolation of the Jews is told in figure of a potter's vessel (19:1-15) |
Chapter 20
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| Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new name and a fearful doom (20:1-6) |
| Jeremiah speaks of contempt (20:7-9) |
| Of treachery (20:10-13) |
| And of his birth (20:14-18) |
Chapter 21
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| Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to inquire about the war of Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar) (21:1-2) |
| Jeremiah foretells a hard siege and miserable captivity (21:3-7) |
| He counsels the people to surrender to the Chaldeans (21:8-10) |
| And upbraids the king's house (21:11-14) |
Chapter 22
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| He exhorts the royal family to repent (22:1-9) |
| The judgment of Shallum (22:10-12) |
| Of Jehoiakim (22:13-19) |
| And of Coniah (Jehoiachin) (22:20-30) |
Chapter 23
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| He prophesies the restoration of the scattered flock (23:1-4) |
| Christ shall rule and save them (23:5-8) |
| Against false prophets (23:9-32) |
| And mockers of the true prophets (23:33-40) |
Chapter 24
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| By the figure of good and bad figs (24:1-3) |
| He foretells the restoration of those who were in captivity (24:4-7) |
| And the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest (24:8-10) |
Chapter 25
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| Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets (25:1-7) |
| Foretells the seventy years' captivity (25:8-11) |
| And after that, the destruction of Babylon (25:12-14) |
| By the figure of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all the nations (25:15-33) |
| The howling of the shepherds (25:34-38) |
Chapter 26
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| Jeremiah exhorts the cities of Judah to repent (26:1-7) |
| He is therefore apprehended (26:8-9) |
| And arraigned (26:10-11) |
| His defense (26:12-15) |
| He is acquitted, the judges citing the cases of Micah (26:16-19) |
| And of Urijah (26:20-23) |
| He has the help of Ahikam (26:24) |
Chapter 27
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| Jeremiah prophesies Nebuchadnezzar's subjugation of neighbor kings (27:1-7) |
| He exhorts the nations to yield and not to believe the false prophets (27:8-11) |
| He likewise urges Zedekiah (27:12-18) |
| He foretells that the remaining temple vessels shall be carried to Babylon (27:19-22) |
Chapter 28
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| Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) (28:1-4) |
| Jeremiah shows that the event itself will declare who are true prophets (28:5-9) |
| Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke (28:10-11) |
| Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke (28:12-14) |
| And foretells Hananiah's death (28:15-17) |
Chapter 29
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| Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon, telling them to be quiet there (29:1-7) |
| Not to believe the dreams of their prophets (29:8-9) |
| And that they shall return with grace, after seventy years (29:10-14) |
| He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience (29:15-19) |
| He shows the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets (29:20-23) |
| Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah (29:24-29) |
| Jeremiah reads Shemaiah's doom (29:30-32) |
Chapter 30
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| God shows Jeremiah the return of the Jews (30:1-3) |
| After their trouble, they shall be delivered (30:4-9) |
| He comforts them (30:10-17) |
| Jerusalem will be rebuilt (30:18-19) |
| Wrath shall fall on the wicked (30:20-24) |
Chapter 31
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| The restoration of Israel (31:1-9) |
| The proclamation of this happy event (31:10-14) |
| Rahel (Rachel), mourning, is comforted (31:15-17) |
| Ephraim, repenting, is brought home again (31:18-21) |
| Christ is promised (31:22-26) |
| His care over the church (31:27-30) |
| His new covenant (31:31-34) |
| The stability (31:35-37) |
| And vast extent of the church (31:38-40) |
Chapter 32
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| Jeremiah, imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy (32:1-5) |
| Buys Hanameel's field (32:6-12) |
| Baruch must preserve the deeds, as tokens of the people's return (32:13-15) |
| Jeremiah's prayer To God (32:16-25) |
| God warns of the captivity for their sins (32:26-35) |
| But promises restoration (32:36-44) |
Chapter 33
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| God promises to end the captivity (33:1-8) |
| With a joyful state (33:9-11) |
| A settled government (33:12-14) |
| Christ, the Branch of righteousness (33:15-16) |
| A continuance of the kingdom and priesthood (33:17-18) |
| And the stability of a blessed seed (33:19-26) |
Chapter 34
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| Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah, and the city (34:1-7) |
| The princes and the people free their bondservants, but violate God's covenant by enslaving them again (34:8-11) |
| For their disobedience, they are given to their enemies (34:12-22) |
Chapter 35
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| By the obedience of the Rechabites (35:1-11) |
| Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews (35:12-15) |
| And praises the Rechabites (35:16-17) |
| God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience (35:18-19) |
Chapter 36
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| Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his prophecy (36:1-4) |
| And to read it publicly (36:5-10) |
| The princes are told about it by Michaiah, and send Jehudi to bring the roll and read it (36:11-19) |
| King Jehoiakim is told about the roll, hears part of it, and burns it (36:20-26) |
| Jeremiah pronounces his judgment (36:27-31) |
| Baruch writes a new copy (36:32) |
Chapter 37
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| The Egyptians raise the siege of the Chaldeans and Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray for the people (37:1-5) |
| Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans certain return and victory (37:6-10) |
| He is taken for a traitor, beaten, and put in prison (37:11-15) |
| He assures Zedekiah of the captivity (37:16-17) |
| Jeremiah pleads for his freedom (37:18-21) |
Chapter 38
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| He is put in the dungeon of Malchiah (38:1-6) |
| Ebed-melech appeals to the king and gets him some freedom (38:7-13) |
| In secret conference, he counsels the king to save his life by surrender (38:14-23) |
| By the king's instructions, he conceals the conference from the princes (38:24-28) |
Chapter 39
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| Jerusalem is taken (39:1-3) |
| Zedekiah is made blind, and sent to Babylon (39:4-7) |
| The city is ruined (39:8) |
| And the people made captive (39:9-10) |
| Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar) commands good treatment for Jeremiah (39:11-14) |
| God's promise to Ebed-melech (39:15-18) |
Chapter 40
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| Jeremiah, freed by Nebuzar-adan, goes to Gedaliah (40:1-6) |
| The dispersed Jews rally around Gedaliah (40:7-12) |
| Johanan reveals Ishmael's conspiracy, but is not believed (40:13-16) |
Chapter 41
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| Ishamel slays Gedaliah, then plans to flee with those remaining to the Ammonites (41:1-10) |
| Johanan recovers the captives, and plans to flee into Egypt (41:11-18) |
Chapter 42
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| Johanan asks Jeremiah to inquire of God, and promises obedience to His will (42:1-6) |
| Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea, and destruction in Egypt (42:7-18) |
| He reproves their hypocrisy in inquiring of the Lord, without intending to obey (42:19-22) |
Chapter 43
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| Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's prophecy, carries Jeremiah and others into Egypt (43:1-7) |
| Jeremiah prophesies the conquest of Egypt by Babylon (43:8-13) |
Chapter 44
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| Jeremiah recalls the desolation of Judah (44:1-10) |
| He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt (44:11-14) |
| The obstinacy of the Jews (44:15-19) |
| Jeremiah threatens them for it (44:20-28) |
| He prophesies the destruction of Egypt (44:29-30) |
Chapter 45
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| Baruch is dismayed (45:1-3) |
| So Jeremiah instructs and comforts him (45:4-5) |
Chapter 46
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| Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates (46:1-12) |
| And the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar (Nebuchadnezzar) (46:13-26) |
| He comforts the Jews in their chastisement (46:27-28) |
Chapter 47
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| The destruction of the Philistines (47:1-7) |
Chapter 48
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| The judgment of Moab (48:1-6) |
| For their pride (48:7-10) |
| For their vanity (48:11-13) |
| For their boasting (48:14-25) |
| And for their contempt of God and His people (48:26-46) |
| The restoration of Moab (48:47) |
Chapter 49
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| The judgment of the Ammonites (49:1-5) |
| Their restoration (49:6) |
| The judgment of Edom (49:7-22) |
| Of Damascus (49:23-27) |
| Of Kedar (49:28-29) |
| Of Hazor (49:30-33) |
| And of Elam (49:34-38) |
| The restoration of Elam (49:39) |
Chapter 50
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| The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel (50:1-20) |
| Babylon's desolation (50:21-46) |
Chapter 51
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| The severe judgment of God on Babylon (51:1-13) |
| To avenge Israel (51:14-58) |
| The book of this prophecy cast into Euphrates is a token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon (51:59-64) |
Chapter 52
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| Zedekiah rebels (52:1-3) |
| Jerusalem is besieged and taken (52:4-7) |
| Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out (52:8-11) |
| Nebuzar-adan burns and spoils the city (52:12-23) |
| He carries away the captives (52:24-30) |
| Evil-merodach advances Jehoiachin (52:31-34) |
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