The Major Prophetic BooksThe Major Prophetic Books

MjP2:The Book of Jeremiah MjP2:The Book of Jeremiah (& Lamentations)(& Lamentations)

The Weeping ProphetThe Weeping Prophet

Bible Study for Pr-Servants

Dec 3, 2011

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Jeremiah in the Old TestamentLaw (5)Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

History (12)Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1&2 Samuel

1&2 Kings

1&2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Wisdom (5)Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Prophecy (17)Major Prophets

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Minor Prophets

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

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Jeremiah in the Old Testament

Pre-Exile Prophets

Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Joel,

Obadiah, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum,

Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah

Exile Prophets

Ezekiel

Daniel

Post-Exile Prophets

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

OutlineThe Book of Jeremiah

• Who is Jeremiah?

• Jeremiah’s Ministry and Message

•Jeremiah’s Themes and Outline

• Jeremiah’s Covenant

• Jeremiah in the New Testament

• Jeremiah’s Lessons

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Jeremiah the “Prophet”• Jeremiah was a “prophet” (1:5-7) who called

God’s people back to God’s law and covenant (2 Kings 17:13; Jer. 11:1-8; 25:3-4).

• Jeremiah was “the weeping prophet” who had a broken heart for the sins of his people (4:19-20; 8:21-22; 9:1; 13:17; 23:9).

• Jeremiah was despised and persecuted (11:18-23; 12:6; 18:11-18; 19:14-20:6; 26:1-15; 37:11-15,16-21; 38:1-13). He was not allowed to marry (16:1-4) and finally exiled in Egypt (43:1-7).

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Ministry of Jeremiah

Prophecies Before the Fall of Jerusalem

1. Prophecies during Josiah’s reign (1-12)

2. Prophecies during Jehoiakim’s reign (13-20, 25-26, 35-36)

3. Prophecies during the reign of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah (45-51)

4. Prophecies during Zedekiah’s reign (21-24, 27-34, 37-39,52)

Prophecies After the Fall of Jerusalem

1. Prophecies to the remnant in Judah (40-42)

2. Prophecies to the remnant in Egypt (43-44)

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586 B.C.Chapters 1-39 Chapters 40-52

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Destruction

Four Themes

1. Rebuke

2. Warning

Emphasis

People’s sin

God’s right.

Time

Present (2:1ff)

Future (23-26,31)

Construction

3. Invitation

4. Consolation

God’s grace

People’s hope

Present (3:1ff)

Future (23:1-40; 30:4-11; 32:37-41; 33:14-26)

Jeremiah’s Message“See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the

kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”1:10

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Jeremiah’s Theme and Purpose• Key Theme: divine judgment is at hand• Key Verse: 1:10; cf. 18:7-10; 24:6; 31:28; 45:4• Key Purpose:

– Historical purpose: How God judged Judah by using the Babylonians (1:13-16; 25:9)

– Doctrinal purpose: Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach …

– Messianic purpose: Christ will bring a new covenant (31:31-34)

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Jeremiah Outlined• Jeremiah and Judah (1-45)

• Call of Jeremiah (1)• Condemnation of Judah (2-25)• Conflicts of Jeremiah (26-29)• Consolation of Judah (30-33)• Capture of Judah (34-45)

• Jeremiah and the Gentiles (46-51)• Jeremiah and Jerusalem (52)

• Capture of Jerusalem (52:1-11)• Destruction of Jerusalem (52:12-23)• Exile of Jerusalem (52:24-30)• Liberation of Jehoiachin (52:31-34)

JEREMIAH 31:31-37

A New Covenant is coming (31-32a)

With Israel and Judah It is better than the old With Israel and Judah It is better than the old

31:31

Promise of a New Covenant The Old Covenant

is broken (32) Yahweh a faithful husband Jehovah was a faithful husband Israel & Judah adulterous Israel and Judah were the adulterous wife

The Location of the Covenant Laws

The Relationship of the Covenant

31:33 Communion of the New Covenant

The Intimacy of the New Covenant

31:35 Dependability of the New Covenant

As dependable as the laws of nature As dependable as nature is unsearchable

The New Covenant is Better• Because it is an Internal Covenant: I will put My

law within them, and on their heart I will write it. • Because it in All-Inclusive: And they shall not

teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD.

• Because it Forgives Sins: For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more (31:34).

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Jeremiah in the New TestamentCited By

Matthew

Hebrews

Jeremiah Passage

Jer. 31:15

Jer. 7:11

Jer. 32:6-9

Jer. 31:31-34

NT Reference

Matt. 2:17-18

Matt. 21:13

Matt. 27:9

Heb. 8:8-12; 10:16-17

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Prophecy Fulfillment

Shepherds

(3:15; 23:4)

1 Peter 5:1-4; Jn. 10:1-4

All nations united (3:17-18)

Acts 2:1-4

Branch of Righteousness

(23:5; 30:9; 33:15-16)

Luke 1:30-33; Rom. 1:3; 11:26-27; Rev. 22:16

Ruler from the people

(30:21)

Micah 5:2; Jn. 1:11; Gal. 4:4

New covenant (31:31-34) Heb. 8:8-12; 10:16-17

Jeremiah’s Messiah in the New Testament

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6th Century B.C. and 21st Century A.D.

• A time of deep sin; apostasy and hypocrisy abound

• Balance of power among nations changes• Alliances change from decade to decade• God’s heralds are in a lonely minority• Destinies of peoples are in the hands of God

Lessons from Jeremiah

• The lesson of God’s Sovereignty.

• The lesson of God’s Justice.

• The lesson of God’s Grace.

• The lesson of Leadership

Lamentations:

How Lonely Lies the City…

OutlineThe Book of Lamentations

• Historical Background

• Why was written?

• Themes and Outline

• Food for thought

• Lamentations for today

Historical Background.

• Shalmeneser V invaded the Northern Kingdom in 725 B.C-II Kings 17. Sargon II deports the Israelites to Assyria sometime between 722 and 709 B.C.

• Judah itself fell years later and Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 B.C.

• This time should be identified with Jer. 39:1-18. Other historical accounts are in 2Kings 24-25 and 2Chron 36

• Interestingly, Lamentations was and is presently being used by Jews as public recitation at the western (wailing) wall, on the day Jerusalem was destroyed by the Chaldeans and later by the Romans in AD 70 centuries later.

Possible Reasons for Writing the Book

• To show that sin has consequences.• To bring the readers to repentance.• To ask for mercy in the midst of judgment.• To offer hope of forgiveness and

restoration to the readers. • To offer a portrait of Jesus’ suffering (chap

3 is similar to Ps 22).

Obvious Themes• Fulfillment of indictment.- 2:17• Retribution-1:8,9• Grace-3:22, 55-58• Misery of judgment.-2: 15,3:1-20• Hope of restoration.-3:25,26; 31-33; 5:21

Food for Thought• How can God make them forget their Sabbaths

and appointed feasts and then punish them for it? 2:6, II Chron. 36:15-21.

• Why couldn’t the people of Judah learn from the fall of the nation of Israel?

• How does chapter 3 point to Christ?• How is God’s wrath so consuming yet his mercy

so abounding?• For what atrocities was Edom to be punished?

4:21,22

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Lamentations for Today• We must weep over sin (1:1; Luke. 19:41)• Unrepentant sin brings judgment (1:5,8,9,14,22; Heb. 10:26-

27)• Some are indifferent toward sin and punishment (1:12; Rev.

3:16-17)• God is love, but God is also righteous (1:18; Rom. 2:5-8)• The Lord can get angry toward his own people (2:1-6; Eph.

5:6; Col. 3:6)• The Lord (“He has…”) is behind all judgment (2:1-9; Rev.

17:17)• The purpose of preaching is to uncover iniquity (2:14; 2 Tim.

4:2)• God keeps his word (2:17; Tit. 1:2)• The day of the Lord is coming (2:21-22; 1 Thess. 5:1-3)