Last Three Weeks: 2 Kings 18:9-19, Ps. 76,46,80,135, Isaiah 37-58 Isaiah 59-66 / 2 Ki 20-21 / 2 Chr 32-33 Nahum 2 Ki 22-23 / 2 Chr 34-35 / Zephaniah / Jeremiah 1-9 (Coming Day of the LORD)

This Week: Jeremiah 10-29

Remaining:Jeremiah 30-522 Kings 24-25 & 2 Chronicles 36Psalms 74, 79, 137,126Habakkuk / Lamentations / EzekielJoel / Daniel / Ezra / Haggai / ZechariahEsther / Nehemiah / Malachi

1. Beginnings

Old Testament Time Line

2. Patriarchs

3. Bondage

4. Exodus

5. Wanderings

6. Conquest

7. Judges

8. United Kingdom

10. Captivity9. Divided Kingdom

11. Return

8. United Kingdom9. Divided Kingdom

The Fall of Samaria to the

Assyrians

722 BCIsrael

Judah

Judah Alone

WE ARE HERE

II Kings 17:18

From Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament by John H. WaltonZondervan 1994

• 4 Major Prophets:Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

• 12 Minor Prophets:Hosea, Joel, Amos Obadiah,Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament by John H. Walton Zondervan 1994

The Setting & the World

Political State

The Neo-Babylonian Period, Cont.

•Became king at 8 years of age

•“He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David...”

•Began to seek God in 8th year of his reign

•Began purging land of idols & high places in 12th year of his reign

•In 18th year, began repairing the temple, celebrated the Passover, & renewed covenant

•Killed in battle with Pharaoh Neco in 31st year

• “...did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations...”

• Rebuilt high places

• Worshipped Baal, Asherah, host of heaven

• Practiced child sacrifice

•“Seduced” people to do evil > nations before

• Shed very much innocent blood

•2 Kings 23:25-27 and Jeremiah 15:3-4

1. Jehoahaz (Shallum): 609 B.C.

2. Jehoiakim (Eliakim): 609 – 598 B.C.

Jehoiachin (Jeconiah): 598-597 B.C.

3. Zedekiah (Mattaniah): 597 – 586 B.C.

Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts © 1993 Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Southern Kingdom Northern Kingdom

605

597

586

Three Wavesof Captivity:605, 597, 586 B.C.

Son of Hilkiah (H.P. in time of Josiah?) Of a priestly family From Anathoth, in Benjamin Called in the 13th year of King Josiah (~628-

627 B.C.) Continued to prophesy until after the fall of

Jerusalem under Zedekiah (586 B.C.) ~ 40 yrs.

Called when a youth Promised protection Forbidden to marry Often persecuted and mocked

Rod of almond tree (1:11-12) Boiling caldron, facing from north (1:13) The ruined linen waistband (13:1-11) Every jug filled with wine (13:12-13) A drought (14:1,14) A potter remakes a spoiled pot (18:3-6) Earthen jar broken (19:1-13) Good figs and bad figs (24:1-10) A cup of wine (25:15-31) Jeremiah wears a yoke (27:2-12) Buying plot of ground (32:6-15) Rechabites offered wine (35:2-19) Hiding stones in ground in Egypt (43:8-10) Message on scroll thrown into river (51:61-64)

Format: Not strictly chronological A collection of messages, scenes

What to Look For: Prevailing Conditions at the Time God and the Nations Messianic Hope

• To rule kingdom in righteousness• Kingdom would stand forever (Spiritual)• Prophesies of return often blend right into

images of the Messianic kingdom

I. Jeremiah’s Call (1)II. The Prophecies to Judah (2-45)

A. Condemnation of Judah and Jerusalem (2-29)1. Discourses & visions against them (2-20)2. Charges against the rulers (21-24)3. The sentence described (25-29)

B. Promise of Restoration (30-33)C. The Coming Fall of Jerusalem (34-45)

1. Last years of the kingdom (34-38)2. Destruction of Jerusalem (39)3. Messages after the fall (40-45)

III. Judgment Against the Nations (46-51)IV. Captivity of Judah (52)