The Catholic Doors Ministry
presents

An outline of the
Book of Jeremiah

 1:1-1:19    Jeremiah's Call and Commission

 2:1-2:37    God Pleads with Israel to Repent

 3:1-3:5     Unfaithful Israel
 3:6-4:4     A Call to Repentance

 4:5-4:18    Invasion and Desolation of Judah Threatened
 4:19-4:31   Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

 5:1-5:31    The Utter Corruption of God's People

 6:1-6:30    The Imminence and Horror of the Invasion

 7:1-7:15    Jeremiah Proclaims God's Judgment
 7:16-8:3    The People's Disobedience

 8:4-8:17    The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation
 8:18-9:16   The Prophet Mourns for the People

 9:17-9:26   The People Mourn in Judgment

10:1-10:16   Idolatry Has Brought Ruin in Israel
10:17-10:25  The Coming Exile

11:1-11:17   Israel and Judah Have Broken the Covenant
11:18-11:23  Jeremiah's Life Threatened

12:1-12:17   Jeremiah Complains to God

13:1-13:11   The Linen Loincloth
13:12-13:14  Symbol of the Wine-Jars
13:15-13:27  Exile Threatened

14:1-14:12   The Great Drought
14:13-14:18  Denunciation of Lying Prophets
14:19-14:22  The People Plead for Mercy

15:1-15:9    Punishment Is Inevitable
15:10-15:21  Jeremiah Complains Again and Is Reassured

16:1-16:13   Jeremiah's Celibacy and Message
16:14-16:21  God Will Restore Israel

17:1-17:18   Judah's Sin and Punishment
17:19-17:27  Hallow the Sabbath Day

18:1-18:11   The Potter and the Clay
18:12-18:17  Israel's Stubborn Idolatry
18:18-18:23  A Plot against Jeremiah

19:1-19:15   The Broken Earthenware Jug

20:1-20:6    Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur
20:7-20:18   Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors

21:1-21:10   Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadrezzar
21:11-21:14  Message to the House of David

22:1-22:10   Exhortation to Repent
22:11-22:23  Message to the Sons of Josiah
22:24-22:30  Judgment on Coniah (Jehoiachin)

23:1-23:4    Restoration after Exile
23:5-23:8    The Righteous Branch of David
23:9-23:40   False Prophets of Hope Denounced

24:1-24:10   The Good and the Bad Figs

25:1-25:14   The Babylonian Captivity Foretold
25:15-25:38  The Cup of God's Wrath

26:1-26:24   Jeremiah's Prophecies in the Temple

27:1-27:22   The Sign of the Yoke

28:1-28:17   Hanamiah Opposes Jeremiah and Dies

29:1-29:23   Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles in Babylon
29:24-29:32  The Letter of Shemaiah

30:1-30:24   Restoration Promised for Israel and Judah

31:1-31:26   The Joyful Return of the Exiles
31:27-31:30  Individual Retribution
31:31-31:37  A New Covenant
31:38-31:40  Jerusalem to Be Enlarged

32:1-32:15   Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege
32:16-32:25  Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
32:26-32:44  God's Assurance of the People's Return

33:1-33:13   Healing after Punishment
33:14-33:26  The Righteous Branch and the Covenant with David

34:1-34:7    Death in Captivity Predicted for Zedekiah
34:8-34:22   Treacherous Treatment of Slaves

35:1-35:19   The Rechabites Commended

36:1-36:10   The Scroll Read in the Temple
36:11-36:19  The Scroll Read in the Palace
36:20-36:26  Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll
36:27-36:32  Jeremiah Dictates Another

37:1-37:10   Zedekiah's Vain Hope
37:11-37:21  Jeremiah Is Imprisoned

38:1-38:6    Jeremiah in the Cistern
38:7-38:13   Jeremiah Is Rescued by Ebed-melech
38:14-38:28  Zedekiah Consults Jeremiah Again

39:1-39:10   The Fall of Jerusalem
39:11-39:18  Jeremiah, Set Free, Remembers Ebed-melech

40:1-40:16   Jeremiah with Gedaliah the Governor

41:1-41:18   Insurrection against Gedaliah

42:1-42:22   Jeremiah Advises Survivors Not to Migrate

43:1-43:13   Taken to Egypt, Jeremiah Warns of Judgment

44:1-44:30   Denunciation of Persistent Idolatry

45:1-45:5    A Word of Comfort to Baruch

46:1-46:12   Judgment on Egypt
46:13-46:26  Babylonia Will Strike Egypt
46:27-46:28  God Will Save Israel

47:1-47:7    Judgment on the Philistines

48:1-48:47   Concerning Moab

49:1-49:6    Judgment on the Ammonites
49:7-49:22   Judgment on Edom
49:23-49:27  Judgment on Damascus
49:28-49:33  Judgment on Kedar and Hazor
49:34-49:39  Judgment on Elam

50:1-51:19   Judgment on Babylon

51:20-51:23  Israel the Creator's Instrument
51:24-51:58  The Doom of Babylon
51:59-51:64  Jeremiah's Command to Seraiah

52:1-52:30   The Destruction of Jerusalem Reviewed
52:31-52:34  Jehoiachin Favoured in Captivity