Jeremiah 1-25

Book 1: Jeremiah's early oracles

Jeremiah 1-10

I. The call to be a prophet, Jer. 1:1-9

The initial label / 1:1-3

Jeremiah's commission / 1:4-10

Visions and support / 1:11-19

II. Judgment on Israel's sin, Jer. 2:1-3:5

Further accusations / 2:14-37; 3:1-5

III. The call to repent, Jer. 3:6-4:4

Idolatry as adultery / 3:6-10

Return, faithless Israel / 3:11-4:4.

IV. The enemy from the north, Jer. 4:5-6:30

The fearful invasion / 4:5-31

False trust in the midst of sin / 5:1-19

Stiff necks and stubborn hearts / 5:20-31

The foe approaches / 6:1-15

The people's refusal / 6:16-30

V. The temple sermon, Jer. 7:1-8:3

"Do not trust in the temple" / 7:1-8:3

VI. Israel's lack of wisdom, Jer. 8:4-10:25

Foolishness instead of wisdom / 8:4-12

The incurable wound / 8:13-9:1

A funeral lament for Israel / 9:2-26

Worship of false idols / 10:1-25.

Book 2: Stories from the prophet's life

Jeremiah 11-20

I. The broken covenant, Jer. 11:1-13:27

Defense of the covenant / 11:1-17

Jeremiah's first confession / 11:18-12:17

The rotten loincloth / 13:1-27

II. Further laments over Judah's sin, Jer. 14:1-16:21

A drought sent in punishment / 14:1-16

Lament over defeat and famine / 14:17-15:4

Jeremiah's anguish over Jerusalem; his second confession / 15:5-21

Jeremiah's rejection as witness / 16:1-13

The divine hunter stalks the land / 16:14-21.

III. The complaints of the prophet, Jer. 17:1-20:18

Wisdom reflections; the third confession / 17:1-18

Observing the Sabbath / 17:19-27

The allegory of the potter / 18:1-17

Jeremiah's fourth confession / 18:18-23

Smashing Israel like a pot / 19:1-15

Jeremiah in the stocks / 20:1-6

Jeremiah's fifth confession / 20:7-18.

Book 3: Late oracles from the time of Zedekiah

Jeremiah 21-25

I. Judgment against king and city, Jer. 21:1-23:8

Zedekiah's plea / 21:1-14

The king's duty towards justice / 22:1-9

The royal failures / 22:10-30

The true Shepherd and righteous branch / 23:1-8

II. Judgment against the prophets, Jer. 23:9-40

Worse than the prophets of Baal / 23:9-22

The prophets and their dreams / 23:23-32

Never say, "the burden of the Lord" / 23:33-40

III. Jeremiah's vision in summary, Jer. 24:1-25:38

The vision of the baskets of fruit / 24:1-10

The end draws near / 25:1-14

The Lord's cut of wrath against the nations / 25:15-38.