Jeremiah
Contents
Author's Preface
Series Preface
Introduction
The Call of Jeremiah
Israelβs Infidelity
Repentance and Return
Disaster Threatens Israel
Why Has God Done All These Things to Us?
Take Warning, Jerusalem
The Temple Sermon
Is There No Balm in Gilead?
The Laments Intensify
A Universal Frame of Reference
A Covenant Violated
Jeremiahβs Laments and Godβs Response
Symbolic Actions and Violent Words
It Is Too Late!
More Laments from Jeremiah
The Shape of the Life of a Prophet
In Whom Do You Trust?
The Potter and the Plots
A Broken Jug and Its Effects
Jeremiahβs Final Lament
Oracles to Kings and People
The Trouble with Kings
True and False Prophets
Vision of the Good and the Bad Figs
Summary Judgments against the Nations
The Temple Sermon Revisited
The Yoke of Submission to Babylon
Jeremiah and Hananiah
Jeremiahβs Letters to the Exiles
Promised Restoration for Israel and Judah
Restoration and New Covenant
Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord? YES!
Restoration and Secure Promises
Announcements of Judgment to Zedekiah and Israel
Commendation of the Rechabites
The Scrolls of Jeremiah
Encounters Between Jeremiah and Hezekiah
Jeremiah Among Foes and Friends
The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiahβs Fate
Gedaliah and Post-Fall Judah
Jeremiah and the βRemnant of Judahβ
Jeremiah in Egypt
Jeremiah Comforts Baruch
Oracles against Egypt
Oracle against the Philistines
Oracles against Moab
Five Oracles against the Nations
Oracles against Babylon
The Fall of Jerusalem and Its Aftermath
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Jeremiah Index of Sidebars
index of Scriptures
Index of Topics