Study From the Book of Jeremiah,introduction 

Study From the Book of Jeremiah, Introduction.

The book of Jeremiah covers a dark period in the history of Judah. Beginning with the thirteen year of the reign of Josiah (627 B.C) , Judah’s last good and godly king, until several years after the Babylonian captivity (586 B.C.).

Jeremiah who has been called “the weeping prophet,” labours for more than forty years proclaiming a message of doom to the stiff-necked and unrepentant people of Judah. In his long ministry he wrote a long book; Jeremiah contains more words than any other book in the Bible. And as the people of Judah and their king rejected his message, it became even longer. For all these reasons Jermiah is a heart broken prophet with a heartbreaking message. Despised and persecuted by his countrymen, Jeremiah bathes his harsh prophecies in tears of compassion.

Themes: Jeremiah decries the apostasy of God’s chosen people, predicts their bondage at the hands of the Babylonians and looks forward to their eventual restoration through the mercy and grace of God.  

Author: Jeremiah means God sends

Structure:

Ch. 1= description of the prophet’s divine call

Ch. 2-35=several warnings to the rebellious nation.

Ch.36-38=the hardship of the persecuted prophet.

Ch.39-45=destruction of Jerusalem and the nation’s subsequent ruin.

Ch.46-51= judgment against many surrounding nations.

Ch. 52 =ends with historical postscript.