Prophecy · 52 chapters
Jeremiah
Judah’s covenant betrayal brings judgment, and the prophet grieves with the people. Hope lies in God’s promise of a new covenant, not in denial of the coming disaster.
Historical & literary context
Linked to Jeremiah, who ministered from the late seventh century BC through Jerusalem’s fall. Baruch appears as his scribe.
Introduction and study notes are commentary, not Scripture.
The shape of the book
- 1–25 · Calling and warnings to Judah
- 26–45 · Conflict, restoration promises, and Jerusalem’s fall
- 46–52 · Nations and the aftermath
A passage to begin with
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. 33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain
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What makes the promised new covenant more than outward reform?