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The Book of

Jeremiah Intro

A prophet who wept, a city that fell, and a new covenant written on the heart.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min52 chapters

Images are artistic interpretations.

In 30 seconds

A young priest is called before he was born.

For forty years he warns Judah: return to the LORD.

No one listens. He is beaten, jailed, thrown in a pit.

Babylon burns Jerusalem, as he said it would.

And God promises a new covenant, written on the heart.

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Who wrote it

Jeremiah

Forty years of hard words and tears

  • Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of a priestly family in Anathoth.Jeremiah 1:1
  • Called in Josiah’s thirteenth year, about 627 BC.Jeremiah 1:2
  • Baruch the scribe wrote down his words.Jeremiah 36:4
  • After Jerusalem fell he was taken to Egypt.Jeremiah 43:6

His day

Assyria fell, and Babylon rose.

Five kings in Judah, from good Josiah to Zedekiah.

Jerusalem was taken in 597 BC and burned in 586.

Judah looked to Egypt; the LORD said, Babylon.

How it’s built

Warnings, stories, comfort

The call1Return to Me2–25: warnings andtearsJeremiah’sstories26–29: on trial, theyokeThe Book ofComfort30–33: a new covenantThe last days34–45: the fall andafterThe nations46–51: Egypt toBabylonJerusalem falls52: the record

Whiteboard

Not in time order: warnings, stories and comfort gathered over forty years.

How to read it

Most of it is poetry: let the pictures land.

The strip shows who is speaking: the LORD or Jeremiah.

It isn’t in time order; each chapter tells you when.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Watch for

I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts.

Jeremiah 31:33

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Question

Quick question

Right after his call, the LORD showed Jeremiah two things. The first was a promise.

What did Jeremiah see when the LORD said, ‘I am watching over My word’?

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