24th book of the BIBLE, Old Testament, 2nd among the 5 major prophets books and 2nd of the 17 prophetic books
Jeremiah prophesied to Judah during the reigns of
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
The prophet Zephaniah preceded Jeremiah slightly; and Nahum, Habakkuk, and perhaps Obadiah were contemporaries.
Jeremiah’s ministry spanned more than 40 years
Jeremiah was a heartbroken prophet with a heart breaking message.
Jeremiah is known as “The weeping Prophet.”
Jeremiah was from the city of Anathoth, two miles south of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah’s father was Hilkiah, the priest.
Before his birth, Jeremiah was called to be a prophet.
As an object lesson, Jeremiah was not permitted to marry.
Jeremiah was a persecuted prophet.
Threatened in his home town of Anathoth.
Tried for his life by the priests and prophets.
Put in stocks.
Forced to flee from King Jehoiachim.
Publicly humiliated by a false prophet named Hananiah.
Thrown into a cistern.
Jeremiah dictated the writings to his secretary, Baruch.
Jeremiah was a contemporary of:
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
Daniel
Ezekiel
Jeremiah prophesied of the coming judgment of God upon Judah through the Babylonian captivity of the Southern Kingdom.
Babylon is referred to 164 times in the Book of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah specifically prophesies that the captivity will last for 70 years (25:11-14; 29:10). Daniel 9:2 refers to Jeremiah’s prophecy. Three stages of Jeremiah’s ministry:
From 627-650 B.C., he prophesied while Judah was threatened by Assyria and Egypt.
From 605-586 B.C., he prophesied God’s judgment while Judah was threatened and besieged by Babylon.
From 586 to about 680 B.C, wherein he ministered in Jerusalem and Egypt after Judah’s down fall.
In Jeremiah 31:33, the prophet prophecies that God will make a new covenant for His people.
