OUTLINE OF JEREMIAH

By: Samuel J. Schultz

1. The prophet and his people (1:1-18:23)
   Introduction (1:1-3)
   Call to service (1:4-19)
   Apostate condition of Israel (2:1-6:30)
   Faith in temples and idols condemned (7:1-10:25)
   The covenant without obedience is fultile (11:1-12:17)
   Two signs of captivity (13:1-27)
   Intercessory prayer is useless (14:1-15:21)
   The sign of imminent captivity (16:1-21)
   Faith in man denounced (17:1-27)
   A lesson in the potter's house (18:1-23)

2. The prophet and the leaders (19:1-29:32)
   The priests and elders -- Jeremiah imprisoned (19:1-20:18)
   Zedekiah confers with Jeremiah (21:1-14)
   Captivity for kings and false prophets (22:1-24:10)
   Cup of wrath for all nations (25:1-38)
   Ahikam saves Jeremiah from martyrdom (26:1-24)
   False prophets in Jerusalem and Babylon (27:1-29:32)

3. The promise of restoration (30:1-33:26)
   The remnant restored -- a new covenant (30:1-31:40)
   Jeremiah's real estate purchase (32:1-44)
   Fulfillment of the Davidic covenant (33:1-26)

4. Disintegration of the kingdom (34:1-39:18)
   Unfaithful leaders contrasted with Rechabites (34:1-22)
   Warning to laity and leaders (35:1-36:32)
   The fall of Jerusalem (37:1-39:18)

5. The migration to Egypt (40:1-45:5)
   Settlement at Mizpah under Gedaliah (40:1-12)
   Bloodshed and disruption (40:13-41:18)
   En route to Egypt (42:1-43:7)
   Jeremiah's messages in Egypt (43:8-44:30)
   The promise to Baruch (45:1-5)

6. Prophecies concerning nations and cities (46:1-51:64)
   Egypt (46:1-28)
   Phiistia (47:1-7)
   Moab (48:1-47)
   Ammon (49:1-6)
   Edom (49:7-22)
   Damascus (49:23-27)
   Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33)
   Elam (49:34-39)
   Babylon (50:1-51:64)

7. Appendix or conclusion (52:1-34)
   Conquest and plunder of Jerusalem (52:1-23)
   Condemnation of officials (52:24-27)
   Deportations (52:28-34)