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Jeremiah Introduction

Book Introduction - Jeremiah

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

Jeremiah began his ministry in the 13th year of Josiah, about 60 years after Isaiah's death. Zephaniah and Habakkuk were contemporaries of his earlier ministry. Daniel of his later. After the death of Josiah, the kingdom of Judah hastened to its end in the Babylonian captivity. Jeremiah remained in the land ministering to the poor Remnant (2Ki 24:14) until they went into Egypt, whither he followed them, and where he died, early in the 70 years' captivity. Jeremiah, prophesying before and during the exile of Judah, connects the pre-exile prophets with Ezekiel and Daniel, prophets of the exile.

Jeremiah's vision includes:

  • the Babylonian captivity;
  • the return after 70 years;
  • the world-wide dispersion;
  • the final regathering;
  • the kingdom-age;
  • the day of judgment on the Gentile powers, and
  • the Remnant.

Jeremiah is in six chief divisions:

  1. From the prophet's call to his message to the first captives, Jer 1:1 - Jer 29:32.
  2. Prophecies and events not chronological, Jer 30:1 - Jer 36:32.
  3. From the accession to the captivity of Zedekiah, Jer 37:1 - Jer 39:18.
  4. Jeremiah's prophecies in the land after the final captivity of Judah, Jer 40:1 - Jer 42:22.
  5. The prophet in Egypt, Jer 43:1 - Jer 44:30.
  6. Miscellaneous prophecies, Jer 45:1 - Jer 52:34.

The events recorded in Jeremiah cover a period of 41 years (Ussher).

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