Book 24 · Major Prophet

Jeremiah

Jeremiah traces Judah's collapse with unusual emotional clarity, holding together covenant accusation, public warning, personal lament, and the long ache of exile. The book returns again and again to a people who will not listen, yet it also keeps open God's stubborn purpose to judge honestly, preserve a remnant, and one day write His law within them.

Within Scripture, Jeremiah stands near the breaking point of Judah's history, showing what covenant failure, false confidence, and coming exile look like from inside the wound. Its mix of judgment, grief, and new-covenant hope gives the prophets one of their clearest portraits of ruin that does not cancel mercy.

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Chapter 1 The Call of Jeremiah
1. The Call of Jeremiahvv. 1-19
Chapter 2
1. Israel Has Forsaken Godvv. 1-13
2. The Consequence of Israel’s Sinvv. 14-22
3. Israel’s Unfaithfulnessvv. 23-37
Chapter 3
1. The Wages of the Harlotvv. 1-5
2. Judah Follows Israel’s Examplevv. 6-10
3. A Call to Repentancevv. 11-25
Chapter 4
1. A Plea to Returnvv. 1-4
2. Disaster from the Northvv. 5-18
3. Lamentation for Judahvv. 19-31
Chapter 5 No One Is Just and Judgment Proclaimed
1. No One Is Justvv. 1-13
2. Judgment Proclaimedvv. 14-31
Chapter 6 Jerusalem’s Final Warning and An Invasion from the North
1. Jerusalem’s Final Warningvv. 1-21
2. An Invasion from the Northvv. 22-30
Chapter 7
1. Jeremiah’s Message at the Temple Gatevv. 1-15
2. Judah’s Idolatry Persistsvv. 16-29
3. The Valley of Slaughtervv. 30-34
Chapter 8
1. Judah’s Sin and Punishmentvv. 1-13
2. The People Respondvv. 14-17
3. Jeremiah Weeps for His Peoplevv. 18-22
Chapter 9 A Lament over Zion
1. A Lament over Zionvv. 1-26
Chapter 10 The Sovereignty of God and The Coming Captivity of Judah
1. The Sovereignty of Godvv. 1-16
2. The Coming Captivity of Judahvv. 17-25
Chapter 11 The Broken Covenant and A Plot against Jeremiah
1. The Broken Covenantvv. 1-17
2. A Plot against Jeremiahvv. 18-23
Chapter 12
1. The Prosperity of the Wickedvv. 1-4
2. God’s Answer to Jeremiahvv. 5-13
3. A Message for Israel’s Neighborsvv. 14-17
Chapter 13
1. The Linen Loinclothvv. 1-11
2. The Wineskinsvv. 12-14
3. Captivity Threatenedvv. 15-27
Chapter 14 Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague and A Prayer for Mercy
1. Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plaguevv. 1-18
2. A Prayer for Mercyvv. 19-22
Chapter 15
1. Judgment to Continuevv. 1-9
2. Jeremiah’s Woevv. 10-18
3. The LORD’s Promisevv. 19-21
Chapter 16 Disaster Predicted and God Will Restore Israel
1. Disaster Predictedvv. 1-13
2. God Will Restore Israelvv. 14-21
Chapter 17
1. The Sin and Punishment of Judahvv. 1-11
2. Jeremiah’s Prayer for Deliverancevv. 12-18
3. Restoring the Sabbathvv. 19-27
Chapter 18 The Potter and the Clay and Another Plot against Jeremiah
1. The Potter and the Clayvv. 1-17
2. Another Plot against Jeremiahvv. 18-23
Chapter 19 The Broken Jar
1. The Broken Jarvv. 1-15
Chapter 20 Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah and Jeremiah’s Complaint
1. Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiahvv. 1-6
2. Jeremiah’s Complaintvv. 7-18
Chapter 21 Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylon and A Message to the House of David
1. Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylonvv. 1-10
2. A Message to the House of Davidvv. 11-14
Chapter 22
1. A Warning to Judah’s Kingsvv. 1-5
2. A Warning about the Palacevv. 6-9
3. A Warning about Shallumvv. 10-12
4. A Warning about Jehoiakimvv. 13-23
5. A Warning to Coniahvv. 24-30
Chapter 23
1. David’s Righteous Branchvv. 1-8
2. Lying Prophetsvv. 9-32
3. False Propheciesvv. 33-40
Chapter 24 The Good and Bad Figs
1. The Good and Bad Figsvv. 1-10
Chapter 25
1. Seventy Years of Captivityvv. 1-14
2. The Cup of God’s Wrathvv. 15-33
3. The Cry of the Shepherdsvv. 34-38
Chapter 26
1. A Warning to the Cities of Judahvv. 1-6
2. Jeremiah Threatened with Deathvv. 7-15
3. Jeremiah Spared from Deathvv. 16-19
4. The Prophet Uriahvv. 20-24
Chapter 27 The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
1. The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzarvv. 1-22
Chapter 28 Hananiah’s False Prophecy
1. Hananiah’s False Prophecyvv. 1-17
Chapter 29 Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles and The Message to Shemaiah
1. Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exilesvv. 1-23
2. The Message to Shemaiahvv. 24-32
Chapter 30 The Restoration of Israel and Judah
1. The Restoration of Israel and Judahvv. 1-24
Chapter 31 Mourning Turned to Joy and The New Covenant
1. Mourning Turned to Joyvv. 1-25
2. The New Covenantvv. 26-40
Chapter 32
1. Jeremiah Buys Hanamel’s Fieldvv. 1-15
2. Jeremiah Prays for Understandingvv. 16-25
3. The LORD Answers Jeremiahvv. 26-35
4. A Promise of Restorationvv. 36-44
Chapter 33 The Excellence of the Restored Nation and The Covenant with David
1. The Excellence of the Restored Nationvv. 1-13
2. The Covenant with Davidvv. 14-26
Chapter 34 A Prophecy against Zedekiah and Freedom for Hebrew Slaves
1. A Prophecy against Zedekiahvv. 1-7
2. Freedom for Hebrew Slavesvv. 8-22
Chapter 35 The Obedience of the Rechabites and Judah Rebuked
1. The Obedience of the Rechabitesvv. 1-11
2. Judah Rebukedvv. 12-19
Chapter 36
1. Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Templevv. 1-10
2. Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Palacevv. 11-19
3. Jehoiakim Burns the Scrollvv. 20-26
4. Jeremiah Rewrites the Scrollvv. 27-32
Chapter 37 Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah and Jeremiah Imprisoned
1. Jeremiah Warns Zedekiahvv. 1-10
2. Jeremiah Imprisonedvv. 11-21
Chapter 38 Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern
1. Jeremiah Cast into the Cisternvv. 1-28
Chapter 39 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah Delivered
1. The Fall of Jerusalemvv. 1-10
2. Jeremiah Deliveredvv. 11-18
Chapter 40
1. Jeremiah Remains in Judahvv. 1-6
2. Gedaliah Governs in Judahvv. 7-12
3. The Plot against Gedaliahvv. 13-16
Chapter 41 The Murder of Gedaliah and Johanan Rescues the Captives
1. The Murder of Gedaliahvv. 1-10
2. Johanan Rescues the Captivesvv. 11-18
Chapter 42 A Warning against Going to Egypt
1. A Warning against Going to Egyptvv. 1-22
Chapter 43 Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
1. Jeremiah Taken to Egyptvv. 1-13
Chapter 44
1. Judgment on the Jews in Egyptvv. 1-14
2. The Stubbornness of the Peoplevv. 15-19
3. Calamity for the Jewsvv. 20-30
Chapter 45 Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch
1. Jeremiah’s Message to Baruchvv. 1-5
Chapter 46 Judgment on Egypt
1. Judgment on Egyptvv. 1-28
Chapter 47 Judgment on the Philistines
1. Judgment on the Philistinesvv. 1-7
Chapter 48 Judgment on Moab
1. Judgment on Moabvv. 1-47
Chapter 49
1. Judgment on the Ammonitesvv. 1-6
2. Judgment on Edomvv. 7-22
3. Judgment on Damascusvv. 23-27
4. Judgment on Kedar and Hazorvv. 28-33
5. Judgment on Elamvv. 34-39
Chapter 50
1. A Prophecy against Babylonvv. 1-3
2. Hope for Israel and Judahvv. 4-10
3. Babylon’s Fall Is Certainvv. 11-16
4. Redemption for God’s Peoplevv. 17-20
5. The Destruction of Babylonvv. 21-46
Chapter 51
1. Judgment on Babylonvv. 1-14
2. Praise to the God of Jacobvv. 15-19
3. Babylon’s Punishmentvv. 20-58
4. Jeremiah’s Message to Seraiahvv. 59-64
Chapter 52
1. The Fall of Jerusalem Recountedvv. 1-11
2. The Temple Destroyedvv. 12-23
3. Captives Carried to Babylonvv. 24-30
4. Jehoiachin Released from Prisonvv. 31-34