Jeremiah chapter 1 |
Jer 1:1-3. |
The time, |
Jer 1:4-10. |
and the calling of Jeremiah. |
Jer 1:11-14. |
His prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething pot. |
Jer 1:15-16. |
His heavy message against Judah. |
Jer 1:17-19. |
God encourages him with his promise of assistance. |
Jeremiah chapter 2 |
Jer 2:1-13. |
God having shewed his former kindness, expostulates with the Jews on their causeless and unexampled revolt. |
Jer 2:14-17. |
They are the causes of their own calamities. |
Jer 2:18-34. |
The sins and idolatries of Judah. |
Jer 2:35-37. |
Her confidence is rejected. |
Jeremiah chapter 3 |
Jer 3:1-5. |
God's great mercy in Judah's vile whoredom. |
Jer 3:6-11. |
Judah is worse than Israel. |
Jer 3:12-19. |
The promises of the gospel to the penitent. |
Jer 3:20-25. |
Israel reproved, and called by God, makes a solemn confession of their sins. |
Jeremiah chapter 4 |
Jer 4:1-2. |
God calls Israel by his promise. |
Jer 4:3-18. |
He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments. |
Jer 4:19-31. |
A grievous lamentation for Judah. |
Jeremiah chapter 5 |
Jer 5:1-6. |
The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their perverseness; |
Jer 5:7-9. |
for their adultery; |
Jer 5:10-14. |
for their impiety; |
Jer 5:15-18. |
for their worship of idols; |
Jer 5:19-24. |
for their contempt of God; |
Jer 5:25-29. |
and for their great corruption in the civil state; |
Jer 5:30-31. |
and ecclesiastical. |
Jeremiah chapter 6 |
Jer 6:1-3. |
The enemies sent against Judah, |
Jer 6:4-5. |
encourage themselves. |
Jer 6:6-8. |
God sets them on work because of their sins. |
Jer 6:9-17. |
The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins. |
Jer 6:18-25. |
He proclaims God's wrath. |
Jer 6:26-30. |
He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins. |
Jeremiah chapter 7 |
Jer 7:1-7. |
Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity. |
Jer 7:8-11. |
He rejects their vain confidence, |
Jer 7:12-16. |
by the example of Shiloh. |
Jer 7:17-20. |
He threatens them for their idolatry. |
Jer 7:21-28. |
He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient. |
Jer 7:29-31. |
He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet; |
Jer 7:32-34. |
and the judgments for the same. |
Jeremiah chapter 8 |
Jer 8:1-3. |
The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive. |
Jer 8:4-12. |
He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency. |
Jer 8:13-17. |
He shews their grievous judgment; |
Jer 8:18-22. |
and bewails their desperate estate. |
Jeremiah chapter 9 |
Jer 9:1-8. |
Jeremiah laments the Jews for their manifold sins; |
Jer 9:9-11. |
and for their judgment. |
Jer 9:12-16. |
Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity. |
Jer 9:17-22. |
He exhorts to mourn for their destruction; |
Jer 9:23-24. |
and to trust not in themselves, but in God. |
Jer 9:25-26. |
He threatens both Jews and Gentiles. |
Jeremiah chapter 10 |
Jer 10:1-16. |
The unequal comparison of God and idols. |
Jer 10:17-18. |
The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come. |
Jer 10:19-22. |
He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors. |
Jer 10:23-25. |
He makes an humble supplication. |
Jeremiah chapter 11 |
Jer 11:1-7. |
Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant; |
Jer 11:8-10. |
rebukes the Jews' disobeying thereof; |
Jer 11:11-17. |
prophesies evils to come upon them; |
Jer 11:18-23. |
and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill him. |
Jeremiah chapter 12 |
Jer 12:1-4. |
Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's prosperity, by faith sees their ruin. |
Jer 12:5-6. |
God admonishes him of his brethren's treachery against him; |
Jer 12:7-13. |
and laments his heritage. |
Jer 12:14-17. |
He promises to the penitent return from captivity. |
Jeremiah chapter 13 |
Jer 13:1-11. |
By the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigures the destruction of his people. |
Jer 13:12-14. |
Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery. |
Jer 13:15-21. |
He exhorts to prevent their future judgments. |
Jer 13:22-27. |
He shews their abominations are the cause thereof. |
Jeremiah chapter 14 |
Jer 14:1-6. |
The grievous famine, |
Jer 14:7-9. |
causes Jeremiah to pray. |
Jer 14:10-12. |
The Lord will not be intreated for the people. |
Jer 14:13-16. |
Lying prophets are no excuse for them. |
Jer 14:17-22. |
Jeremiah is moved to complain for them. |
Jeremiah chapter 15 |
Jer 15:1-9. |
The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews. |
Jer 15:10-11. |
Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself; |
Jer 15:12-14. |
and a threatening for them. |
Jer 15:15-18. |
He prays; |
Jer 15:19-21. |
and receives a gracious promise. |
Jeremiah chapter 16 |
Jer 16:1-9. |
The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshews the utter ruin of the Jews; |
Jer 16:10-13. |
because they were worse than their fathers. |
Jer 16:14-15. |
Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. |
Jer 16:16-21. |
God will doubly recompense their idolatry. |
Jeremiah chapter 17 |
Jer 17:1-4. |
The captivity of Judah for her sin. |
Jer 17:5-6. |
Trust in man is cursed; |
Jer 17:7-8. |
in God is blessed. |
Jer 17:9-11. |
The deceitful heart cannot deceive God. |
Jer 17:12-14. |
The salvation of God. |
Jer 17:15-18. |
The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy. |
Jer 17:19-27. |
He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath. |
Jeremiah chapter 18 |
Jer 18:1-10. |
Under the type of a potter is shewn God's absolute power in disposing of nations. |
Jer 18:11-17. |
Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt. |
Jer 18:18-23. |
Jeremiah prays against his conspirators. |
Jeremiah chapter 19 |
Jer 19:1-15. |
Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshewn the desolation of the Jews for their sins. |
Jeremiah chapter 20 |
Jer 20:1-6. |
Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new name, and a fearful doom. |
Jer 20:7-9. |
Jeremiah complains of contempt; |
Jer 20:10-13. |
of treachery; |
Jer 20:14-18. |
and of his birth. |
Jeremiah chapter 21 |
Jer 21:1-2. |
Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to inquire the event of Nebuchadnezzar's war. |
Jer 21:3-7. |
Jeremiah foretells a hard seige and miserable captivity. |
Jer 21:8-10. |
He counsels the people to fall to the Chaldeans; |
Jer 21:11-14. |
and upbraids the King's house. |
Jeremiah chapter 22 |
Jer 22:1-9. |
He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats. |
Jer 22:10-12. |
The judgment of Shallum; |
Jer 22:13-19. |
of Jehoiakim; |
Jer 22:20-30. |
and of Coniah. |
Jeremiah chapter 23 |
Jer 23:1-4. |
He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock. |
Jer 23:5-8. |
Christ shall rule and save them. |
Jer 23:9-32. |
Against false prophets; |
Jer 23:33-40. |
and mockers of the true prophets. |
Jeremiah chapter 24 |
Jer 24:1-3. |
Under the type of good and bad figs, |
Jer 24:4-7. |
he foreshews the restoration of them that were in captivity; |
Jer 24:8-10. |
and the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest. |
Jeremiah chapter 25 |
Jer 25:1-7. |
Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets, |
Jer 25:8-11. |
foretells the seventy years' captivity; |
Jer 25:12-14. |
and after that, the destruction of Babylon. |
Jer 25:15-33. |
Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshews the destruction of all nations. |
Jer 25:34-38. |
The howling of the shepherds. |
Jeremiah chapter 26 |
Jer 26:1-7. |
Jeremiah by promises and threatenings exhorts to repentance. |
Jer 26:8-9. |
He is therefore apprehended, |
Jer 26:10-11. |
and arraigned. |
Jer 26:12-15. |
His apology. |
Jer 26:16-19. |
He is quit in judgment, by the example of Micah, |
Jer 26:20-23. |
and of Urijah, |
Jer 26:24. |
and by the care of Ahikam. |
Jeremiah chapter 27 |
Jer 27:1-7. |
Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nebuchadnezzar. |
Jer 27:8-11. |
He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets. |
Jer 27:12-18. |
The like he does to Zedekiah. |
Jer 27:19-22. |
He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, and there continue until the day of visitation. |
Jeremiah chapter 28 |
Jer 28:1-4. |
Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah. |
Jer 28:5-9. |
Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shews that the event will declare the true prophets. |
Jer 28:10-11. |
Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke. |
Jer 28:12-14. |
Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke; |
Jer 28:15-17. |
and foretells Hananiah's death. |
Jeremiah chapter 29 |
Jer 29:1-7. |
Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there, |
Jer 29:8-9. |
and not to believe the dreams of their prophets; |
Jer 29:10-14. |
and that they shall return with grace after seventy years. |
Jer 29:15-19. |
He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience. |
Jer 29:20-23. |
He shews the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets. |
Jer 29:24-29. |
Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah. |
Jer 29:30-32. |
Jeremiah foretells his doom. |
Jeremiah chapter 30 |
Jer 30:1-3. |
God shews Jeremiah the return of the Jews. |
Jer 30:4-9. |
After their trouble they shall have deliverance. |
Jer 30:10-17. |
He comforts Jacob. |
Jer 30:18-22. |
Their return shall be gracious. |
Jer 30:23-24. |
Wrath shall fall on the wicked. |
Jeremiah chapter 31 |
Jer 31:1-9. |
The restoration of Israel. |
Jer 31:10-14. |
The publication thereof. |
Jer 31:15-17. |
Rahel mourning is comforted. |
Jer 31:18-21. |
Ephraim repenting is brought home again. |
Jer 31:22-26. |
Christ is promised. |
Jer 31:27-30. |
His care over the church. |
Jer 31:31-34. |
His new covenant. |
Jer 31:35-37. |
The stability, |
Jer 31:38-40. |
and amplitude of the church. |
Jeremiah chapter 32 |
Jer 32:1-5. |
Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy, |
Jer 32:6-12. |
buys Hanameel's field. |
Jer 32:13-15. |
Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return. |
Jer 32:16-25. |
Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God. |
Jer 32:26-35. |
God confirms the captivity for their sins; |
Jer 32:36-44. |
and promises a gracious return. |
Jeremiah chapter 33 |
Jer 33:1-8. |
God promises to the captivity a gracious return; |
Jer 33:9-11. |
a joyful state; |
Jer 33:12-14. |
a settled government; |
Jer 33:15-16. |
Christ the branch of righteousness; |
Jer 33:17-18. |
a continuance of kingdom and priesthood; |
Jer 33:19-26. |
and a stability of a blessed seed. |
Jeremiah chapter 34 |
Jer 34:1-7. |
Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and the city. |
Jer 34:8-11. |
The princes and the people having dismissed their bond-servants, contrary to the covenant of God, re-assume them. |
Jer 34:12-22. |
Jeremiah, for their disobedience, gives them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies. |
Jeremiah chapter 35 |
Jer 35:1-11. |
By the obedience of the Rechabites, |
Jer 35:12-17. |
Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews. |
Jer 35:18-19. |
God blesses the Rechabites for their obedience. |
Jeremiah chapter 36 |
Jer 36:1-4. |
Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his prophesy, |
Jer 36:5-10. |
and publicly to read it. |
Jer 36:11-18. |
The princes, having intelligence thereof by Michaiah, send Jehudi to fetch the roll and read it. |
Jer 36:19. |
They will Baruch to hide himself and Jeremiah. |
Jer 36:20-26. |
The king, Jehoiakim, being certified thereof, hears part of it, and burns the roll. |
Jer 36:27-31. |
Jeremiah denounces his judgment. |
Jer 36:32. |
Baruch writes a new copy. |
Jeremiah chapter 37 |
Jer 37:1-5. |
The Egyptians having raised the seige of the Chaldeans, king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people. |
Jer 37:6-10. |
Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory. |
Jer 37:11-15. |
He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. |
Jer 37:16-17. |
He assures Zedekiah of the captivity. |
Jer 37:18-21. |
Intreating for his liberty, he obtains some favour. |
Jeremiah chapter 38 |
Jer 38:1-6. |
Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah. |
Jer 38:7-13. |
Edeb-melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement. |
Jer 38:14-23. |
Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding to save his life. |
Jer 38:24-28. |
By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from the princes. |
Jeremiah chapter 39 |
Jer 39:1-3. |
Jerusalem is taken. |
Jer 39:4-7. |
Zedekiah is made blind and sent to Babylon. |
Jer 39:8. |
The city laid in ruins, |
Jer 39:9-10. |
and the people captivated. |
Jer 39:11-14. |
Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good usage of Jeremiah. |
Jer 39:15-18. |
God's promise to Ebed-melech. |
Jeremiah chapter 40 |
Jer 40:1-6. |
Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goes to Gedaliah. |
Jer 40:7-12. |
The dispersed Jews repair unto him. |
Jer 40:13-16. |
Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed. |
Jeremiah chapter 41 |
Jer 41:1-10. |
Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites. |
Jer 41:11-18. |
Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt. |
Jeremiah chapter 42 |
Jer 42:1-6. |
Johanan desires Jeremiah to inquire of God, promising obedience to his will. |
Jer 42:7-12. |
Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea; |
Jer 42:13-18. |
and destruction in Egypt. |
Jer 42:19-22. |
He reproves their hypocrisy, in enquiring of the Lord that which they mean not to follow. |
Jeremiah chapter 43 |
Jer 43:1-7. |
Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's prophecy, carries him and the rest into Egypt. |
Jer 43:8-13. |
Jeremiah prophesies by a type the conquest of Egypt by the Babylonians. |
Jeremiah chapter 44 |
Jer 44:1-10. |
Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry. |
Jer 44:11-14. |
He prophesies their destruction, who commit idolatry in Egypt. |
Jer 44:15-19. |
The obstinacy of the Jews; |
Jer 44:20-28. |
for which Jeremiah threatens them; |
Jer 44:29-30. |
and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt. |
Jeremiah chapter 45 |
Jer 45:1-3. |
Baruch being dismayed, |
Jer 45:4-5. |
Jeremiah instructs and comforts him. |
Jeremiah chapter 46 |
Jer 46:1-12. |
Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates, |
Jer 46:13-26. |
and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar. |
Jer 46:27-28. |
He comforts Jacob in his chastisement. |
Jeremiah chapter 47 |
Jer 47:1-7. |
The destruction of the Philistines. |
Jeremiah chapter 48 |
Jer 48:1-6. |
The judgment of Moab, |
Jer 48:7-10. |
for their pride; |
Jer 48:11-13. |
for their security; |
Jer 48:14-25. |
for their carnal confidence; |
Jer 48:26-46. |
and for their contempt of God and his people. |
Jer 48:47. |
The restoration of Moab. |
Jeremiah chapter 49 |
Jer 49:1-5. |
The judgment of the Ammonites. |
Jer 49:6. |
Their restoration. |
Jer 49:7-22. |
The judgment of Edom; |
Jer 49:23-27. |
of Damascus; |
Jer 49:28-29. |
of Kedar; |
Jer 49:30-33. |
of Hazor; |
Jer 49:34-38. |
and of Elam. |
Jer 49:39. |
The restoration of Elam. |
Jeremiah chapter 50 |
Jer 50:1-46. |
The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel. |
Jeremiah chapter 51 |
Jer 51:1-58. |
The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel. |
Jer 51:59-64. |
Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon. |
Jeremiah chapter 52 |
Jer 52:1-3. |
Zedekiah rebels. |
Jer 52:4-7. |
Jerusalem is besieged and taken. |
Jer 52:8-11. |
Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out. |
Jer 52:12-23. |
Nebuzar-adan burns and spoils the city. |
Jer 52:24-27. |
He carries away the captives. |
Jer 52:28-30. |
The number of Jews carried captive. |
Jer 52:31-34. |
Evil-merodach advances Jehoiachin. |