Jeremiah
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This critical assessment of the book of Jeremiah enables the reader to rediscover many of the most profound and relevant features of Jeremiah's message and of the agonies and fears of those to whom it was first given. The picture that emerges of the prophet is an intensely moving one, often at variance with the conventional image of earlier popular reconstructions. Having witnessed the loss of most of the treasured and revered religious support of his day, Jeremiah discovered that the only secure foundation of hope is in God.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
- The Chronology of Jeremiah's Activity
- The Structure and Character of the Book
- Textual and Literary Questions
- Commentary
- Part One: God's Messenger of Doom
- Jeremiah 1-10
- 1 Superscription and Call
- 2 The Indictment of Israel
- 3:1-4:2 Further Condemnation of Israel
- 4:3-6:30 The Indictment of Judah and Jerusalem
- 7:1-15 Concerning the Temple of Jerusalem
- 7:16-8:3 The Contrast Between True and False Worship
- 8:4-9:9 The Inescapable Fate of the People
- 9:10-26 Lamentation and Soliloquy
- 10 The Condemnation of Idolatry
- Part Two: God's Prophet in Conflict
- Jeremiah 11-20
- 11:1-17 The Broken Covenant
- 11:18-12:6 A Prophet's Enemies-Members of His Own House
- 12-7-13:27 The Inevitability of Jerusalem's Ruin
- 14:1-15:9 Lamentation and Despair for Prophet and People
- 15:10-16:13 Jeremiah's Inner Conflict
- 16:14-21 Three Short Sayings
- 17:1-18 Short Sayings of Judgment and Lamentation
- 17:19-27 The Keeping of the Sabbath
- 18:1-12 The Visit to the Potter's House
- 18:13-17 Further Condemnation of Israel's Conduct
- 18:18-23 A Plot Against the Life of Jeremiah
- 19:1-20:6 The Sign of the Broken Pot
- 20:7-18 Jeremiah Near to Breaking-point
- Part Three: The Fate of the Nation and Its Institutions
- Jeremiah 21-29
- 21:1-23:8 The Faithless Leaders
- 23:9-40 Five Prophecies Denouncing the False Prophets
- 24 The Good and Bad Figs
- 25 God's Judgment
- 26 Jeremiah and the Message About Jerusalem's Fall
- 27 Jeremiah's Warning Concerning the Conspiracy of Rebellion
- 28 Prophet Against Prophet
- 29 Jeremiah's Correspondence with the Exiles in Babylon
- Part Four: The Promise of Restoration
- Jeremiah 30-33
- 30:1-31:1 Hope Through Judgment
- 31:2-40 Israel's Hope Is Based on God's Loving Faithfulness
- 32 The Lessons of History Give Hope
- 33 Temporal and Spiritual Rebuilding
- Part Five: The Last Days of Judah
- Jeremiah 34-45
- 34 The Dishonorable Behavior of Jerusalem's Citizens
- 35 Further Proof of Judah's Godlessness: Jeremiah and the Rechabites
- 36 The Rejection of the Word of God
- 37-38 Jeremiah and Zedekiah
- 39 Jerusalem's Fall and Jeremiah's Reprieve
- 40-41 The Aftermath of the Fall of Jerusalem
- 42:1-43:7 The Flight to Egypt
- 43:8-44:30 Apostasy and Division in Egypt
- 45 The Consolation of Baruch
- Part Six: The Testing of the Nations
- Jeremiah 46-52
- 46 Against Egypt
- 47 Against the Philistines
- 48 Against Moab
- 49 Against Other Nations
- 50-51 Against Babylon
- 52 A Historical Summary with Signs of Hope
- Bibliography
