52
Chapters
1,364
Verses
Jeremiah
Author
627-580 BC
Date Written
Jeremiah warned Judah of coming judgment for 40 years, yet proclaimed the hope of a new covenant.
To call Judah to repentance, explain the necessity of judgment, and promise a new covenant of grace.
Jeremiah prophesied during Judah's final years, witnessing the Babylonian destruction.
Hebrew
ירמיה
Yirmeyah
“Yah Has Lifted Up”
Greek
Ἱερεμίας
Hieremias
“Jeremiah”
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Warnings to Judah
Kings and false prophets
Hope and new covenant
Final days
Oracles of judgment
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you.”
“I will put my law in their inward parts.”
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee.”
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