📖 The Book of Jeremiah
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The weeping prophet — judgment is inevitable, but God promises a new covenant.
Who wrote Jeremiah?
Author
Jeremiah
Written
c. 585 BC
Genre
Prophet
Dictated to his scribe Baruch.
Why Jeremiah was written
Jeremiah announces the certain coming of the Babylonian exile as God's judgment on Judah's persistent unfaithfulness, while also promising a new covenant written on the heart.
Outline of Jeremiah
- 11–25: Oracles of judgment against Judah
- 226–35: Biographical narratives; the Book of Consolation (30–33)
- 336–45: The fall of Jerusalem
- 446–51: Oracles against the nations
- 552: The fall of Jerusalem (appendix)
Key verses
Jeremiah 17:9Jeremiah 29:11Jeremiah 31:31-34
How Jeremiah points to Christ
The new covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-34 is explicitly cited in the NT as fulfilled in Christ (Heb. 8:8-12; Luke 22:20). Jesus inaugurates this covenant at the Last Supper.
How Jeremiah begins
1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
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