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Preface |
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[2]Jeremiah's call and commission (Jer 1:4-19) |
| A1(1:4-6) | | The dialogue of the LORD and Jeremiah |
| | B1(1:7-10) | | | The words of the LORD |
| A2(1:11) | | the dialogue of the LORD and Jeremiah |
| | B2(1:12) | | | The words of the LORD |
| A3(1:13) | | The dialogue of the LORD and Jeremiah |
| | B3(1:14-19) | | | The words of the LORD |
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A: The dialogue of the LORD and Jeremiah. B: The words of the LORD. |
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[3]God pleads with Israel to repent (Jer 2:1-37 3:1-5) |
| A(2:1-3) | | Sacred to the LORD was Israel, the first fruits of his harvest (2:3) |
| | B(2:4-8) | | | "The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols (2:8)" | (בבעל) |
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| | | C(2:9-11) | | | | "Therefore will I yet accuse you, says the LORD (2:9)" | (אריב) |
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| | | | D(2:12-19) | | | | | why go to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Why go to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates? (2:18) |
| A'(2:20-22) | | I had planted you, a choice vine of fully tested stock (2:21) |
| | B'(2:23-28) | | | I have not gone after the Baals (2:23) | (הבעלים) |
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| | | C'(2:29-31) | | | | How dare you still plead with me? (2:29) | (תריבו) |
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| | | | D'(2:32-3:5) | | | | | By Egypt will you be shamed, as you were shamed by Assyria (2:36) |
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A: Crops. B: Baals. C: To accuse. D: Egypt and Assyria. |
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[4]A call to repentance (Jer 3:6-13) |
| A(3:6-7) | | After doing all this she will come back to me (3:7) |
| | B(3:8-11) | | | the traitor sister Judah did not return to me wholeheartedly (3:10) |
| A'(3:12-13) | | Come back, disloyal Israel (3:12) |
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A: To come back. B: Betrayal of Judah. |
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[5]Return to Zion (Jer 3:14-18) |
| A(3:14) | | "I will take you, and bring you to Zion (3:14)" | (והבאתי) |
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| | B(3:15) | | | I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart (3:15) |
| | | C(3:16) | | | | The ark of the covenant of the LORD (3:16) |
| | B'(3:17) | | | they will call Jerusalem the LORD'S throne (3:17) |
| A'(3:18) | | they will come from the land of the north (3:18) | (ויבאו) |
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A: To come. B: A king. C: The ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
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[6]A call to repentance (Jer 3:19-4:4) |
| A(3:19-21) | | give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful among the nations! (3:19) |
| | B(3:22a) | | | "Return, rebellious children (3:22)" | (שׁובו) |
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| | | C(3:22b-25) | | | | In the LORD, our God, alone is the salvation of Israel (3:23) |
| | B'(4:1-2) | | | "you wish to return, O Israel (4:1)" | (תשׁוב) |
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| A'(4:3-4) | | Till your untilled ground, sow not among thorns (4:3) |
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A: The lands. B: To return. C: The LORD, our God. |
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[7]Invasion and desolation of Judah threatened (Jer 4:5-31) |
| A(4:5-7) | | To turn your land into desolation, till your cities lie waste and empty (4:7) |
| | B(4:8) | | | blazing wrath of the LORD (4:8) | (אף) |
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| | | C(4:9-13) | | | | Woe to us! we are ruined. (4:13) | (שׁדדנו) |
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| | | | D(4:14) | | | | | "Cleanse your heart of evil, O Jerusalem (4:14)" | (מרעה) |
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| | | | | E(4:15-17) | | | | | | she has rebelled against me (4:17) |
| | | | D'(4:18-19) | | | | | "Your conduct, your misdeeds, have done this to you (4:18)" | (רעתך) |
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| | | C'(4:20-21) | | | | In an instant my tents are ravaged (4:20) | (שׁדדו) |
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| | B'(4:22-26) | | | his blazing wrath (4:26) | (אפו) |
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| A'(4:27-31) | | Waste shall the whole land be; I will wholly destroy it. (4:27) |
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A: Destruction. B: Wrath. C: Ruin. D: Evils. E: Rebellion. |
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[8]The utter corruption of God's people (Jer 5:1-31) |
| A(5:1-6) | | they swear falsely (5:2) |
| | B(5:7-9) | | | Shall I not punish them for these things? (5:9) |
| | | C(5:10-13) | | | | Not he-- No evil shall befall us (5:12) |
| | | | D(5:14-19) | | | | | The words of the LORD |
| | | C'(5:20-25) | | | | Who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not (5:21) |
| | B'(5:26-29) | | | Shall I not punish these things? (5:29) |
| A'(5:30-31) | | The prophets prophesy falsely (5:31) |
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A: False. B: Punishment. C: Lack of understanding. D: The words of the LORD. |
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[9]The imminence and horror of the invasion (Jer 6:1-30) |
| A(6:1-5) | | evil threatens from the north (6:1) |
| | B(6:6-9) | | | Two messages of the LORD |
| | | C(6:10) | | | | "their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot give heed (6:10)" | (להקשׁיב) |
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| | | | D(6:11-15) | | | | | Two messages of the LORD |
| | | | D'(6:16-17) | | | | | Two rejections of the people |
| | | C(6:18-20) | | | | "Because they heeded not my words, because they despised my law (6:19)" | (הקשׁיבו) |
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| | B'(6:21-24) | | | Two messages of the LORD |
| A'(6:25-30) | | terror on every side (6:25) |
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A: Threats. B: Two messages of the LORD. C: Not to heed. D: Two dialogues. |
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[10]Jeremiah proclaims God's judgment on the nation (Jer 7:1-15) |
P(7:1-2) | there proclaim this message (7:2) |
| A(7:3-4) | | Put not your trust in the deceitful words This is the temple of the LORD! (7:4) | (תבטחו) |
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| | B(7:5-7) | | | each of you deals justly with his neighbor (7:5) |
| | | C(7:8) | | | | here you are, putting your trust in deceitful words to your own loss! (7:8) |
| | B'(7:9-11) | | | we can commit all these abominations again (7:10) |
| A'(7:12-15) | | "this house named after me, in which you trust, (7:14)" | (בטחים) |
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A: To trust in the the temple of the LORD. B: Good / evil. C: Worthless. |
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[11]The people's disobedience (Jer 7:16-8:3) |
| A(7:16-19) | | the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven (7:18) |
| | B(7:20) | | | my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon man and beast (7:20) |
| | | C(7:21-23) | | | | I gave them no command concerning holocaust or sacrifice (7:22) | (ולאצויתים) |
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| | | | D(7:24-28) | | | | | they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed (7:24) |
| | | C'(7:29-31) | | | | such a thing as I never commanded or had in mind (7:31) | (לאצויתי) |
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| | B'(7:32-34) | | | the Valley of Ben-hinnom will no longer be called such, but rather the Valley of Slaughter (7:32) |
| A'(8:1-3) | | spread out before the sun and the moon and the whole army of heaven (8:2) |
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A: Idolatry. B: Punishments. C: Not to be commanded. D: Disobedience. |
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[12]The prophet perversity of the whole nation (Jer 8:4-9:5) |
| A(8:4-6) | | "Why do they cling to deceptive idols, refuse to turn back? (8:5)" | (מאנו) |
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| | B(8:7-9) | | | But my people do not know the ordinance of the LORD (8:7) | (לאידעו) |
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| | | C(8:10-12) | | | | the injury to the daughter of my people (8:11) | (שׁבר) |
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| | | | D(8:13) | | | | | no grapes on the vine, No figs on the fig trees (8:13) |
| | | | | E(8:14) | | | | | | he has given us poison to drink (8:14) |
| | | | | | F(8:15-16) | | | | | | | We wait for peace to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead (8:15) |
| | | | | E(8:17) | | | | | | I will send against you poisonous snakes (8:17) |
| | | | D'(8:18-20) | | | | | The harvest has passed, the summer is at an end, and yet we are not safe (8:20) |
| | | C'(8:21-23) | | | | the ruin of the daughter of my people (8:21) | (שׁבר) |
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| | B'(9:1-2) | | | "They go from evil to evil, but me they know not (9:2)" | (לאידעו) |
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| A'(9:3-5) | | "Violence upon violence, deceit upon deceit: They refuse to recognize me (9:5)" | (מאנו) |
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A: Rejection. B: Not to know. C: Ruin. D: No harvest. E: Poison. F: Fear. |
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[13]The prophet mourns for the people (Jer 9:6-25) |
| A(9:6-10) | | shall I not punish them? (9:8) | (אפקד) |
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| | B(9:11-13) | | | Who is so wise that he can understand this? (9:11) | (החכם) |
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| | | C(9:14-15) | | | | I will send the sword to pursue them until I have completely destroyed them (9:15) |
| | | | D(9:16-18) | | | | | We must leave the land (9:18) |
| | | C'(9:19-21) | | | | It cuts down the children in the street, young people in the squares (9:20) |
| | B'(9:22-23) | | | Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom (9:22) | (חכם) |
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| A'(9:24-25) | | I will demand an account of all those circumcised in their flesh (9:24) | (ופקדתי) |
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A: Punishment. B: Wisdom. C: Destruction. D: To leave the land. |
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[14]Idolatory has brought ruin on Israel (Jer 10:1-16) |
| A(10:1-5) | | Idolatry |
| | B(10:6-7) | | | The power of the LORD |
| | | C(10:8-9) | | | | Idolatry |
| | | | D(10:10) | | | | | The LORD is true God, he is the living God, the eternal King (10:10) |
| A'(10:11) | | Idolatry |
| | B'(10:12-13) | | | The power of the LORD |
| | | C'(10:14-15) | | | | Idolatry |
| | | | D'(10:16) | | | | | he is the creator of all things (10:16) |
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A: Idolatry. B: The power of the LORD. C: Idolatry. D: The Creator. |
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[15]The coming exile (Jer 10:17-25) |
| A(10:17) | | Pick up your pack from the ground (10:17) |
| | B(10:18) | | | "Behold, this time I will sling away the inhabitants of the land (10:18)" | (הנני) |
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| | | C(10:19-21a) | | | | the LORD they sought not (10:21) |
| A'(10:21b) | | all their flocks were scattered (10:21) |
| | B'(10:22) | | | Listen! a noise! it comes closer (10:22) | (הנה) |
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| | | C'(10:23-25) | | | | on the tribes that call not upon your name (10:25) |
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A: To gather / to scatter. B: Behold. C: Not to seek the LORD. |
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[16]Israel and Judah have broken the covenant (Jer 11:1-17) |
| A(11:1-5) | | Cursed be the man who does not observe the terms of this covenant (11:3) |
| | B(11:6-8) | | | they did not listen or give ear (11:8) |
| | | C(11:9-10) | | | | They also have followed and served strange gods (11:10) |
| | | C'(11:11-13) | | | | go and cry out to the gods to which they have been offering incense (11:12) |
| | B'(11:14) | | | I will not listen when they call to me (11:14) |
| A'(11:15-17) | | The LORD of hosts who planted you has decreed misfortune for you (11:17) |
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A: Curse. B: Not to listen. C: Idolatry. |
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[17]Jeremiah complains to God (Jer 11:18-12:6) |
| A(11:18-19) | | Conspiracy of evils |
| | B(11:20) | | | O LORD of hosts, O just Judge, searcher of mind and heart (11:20) |
| | | C(11:21-23) | | | | Vengeance of the LORD |
| | B'(12:1-3) | | | O Lord, know me, you see me, you have found that at heart I am with you (12:3) |
| A'(12:4-6) | | Conspiracy of evils |
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A: Conspiracy of evils. B: The LORD knows mind and hearts. C: Vengeance of the LORD. |
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[18]God replies to Jeremiah (Jer 12:7-17) |
| A(12:7-12) | | I abandon my house, cast off my heritage (12:7) |
| | B(12:13) | | | They recoil before their harvest, the flaming anger of the LORD (12:13) |
| A'(12:14-17) | | I will pity them again and bring them back, each to his heritage, each to his land (12:15) |
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A: Heritage. B: Anger of the LORD. |
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[19]The linen loincloth (Jer 13:1-14) |
| A(13:1-7) | | Sign of the loincloth |
| | B(13:8-11) | | | Explanation of the sign |
| A'(13:12) | | Sign of the wine flask |
| | B'(13:13-14) | | | Explanation of the sign |
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A: Signs. B: Explanations. |
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[20]Exile threatened (Jer 13:15-27) |
| A(13:15-17) | | Give glory to the LORD (13:16) |
| | B(13:18-19) | | | Say to the king and to the queen mother: come down from your throne (13:18) |
| | B'(13:20-21) | | | What will you say when they place as rulers over you those whom you taught to be your lovers? (13:21) |
| A'(13:22-27) | | you have forgotten me, and trusted in the lying idol (13:25) |
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A: Idolatry. B: Lost of the leaders. |
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[21]The great drought (Jer 14:1-22) |
| A(14:1-9) | | we have sinned against you (14:7) | (חטאנו) |
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| | B(14:10) | | | They so love to wander that they do not spare their feet (14:10) |
| | | C(14:11-12) | | | | I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and pestilence (14:12) |
| | | | D(14:13) | | | | | False prophecy |
| | | | D'(14:14) | | | | | False prophecy |
| | | C'(14:15-16) | | | | by the sword and famine shall these prophets meet their end (14:15) |
| | B'(14:17-18) | | | the prophet and the priest forage in a land they know not (14:18) |
| A'(14:19-22) | | we have sinned against you (14:20) | (חטאנו) |
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A: Confession of sins. B: Wonder. C: The sword and famine. D: False prophecy. |
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[22]Punishment is inevitable (Jer 15:1-9) |
| A(15:1) | | my heart would not turn toward this people (15:1) |
| | B(15:2-4) | | | "whoever is marked for the sword, to the sword (15:2)" | (לחרב) |
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| A'(15:5-6) | | I was weary of sparing you (15:6) |
| | B'(15:7-9) | | | Their survivors I will give to the sword (15:9) | (לחרב) |
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A: No sympathy. B: The swords. |
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[23]Jeremiah complains again and is reassured (Jer 15:10-21) |
| A(15:10) | | all curse me (15:10) |
| | B(15:11) | | | I have imposed enemies on you in a time of trouble and in a time of distress (15:11) |
| | | C(15:12-14) | | | | in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever (15:14) |
| | | | D(15:15-16) | | | | | bring down retribution for me on my persecutors (15:15) |
| | | C'(15:17) | | | | for you had filled me with indignation (15:17) |
| | B'(15:18) | | | Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable (15:18) |
| A'(15:19-21) | | I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked (15:21) |
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A: Sufferings. B: Questions. C: Anger. D: Retribution. |
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[24]Jeremiah's celibacy and message (Jer 16:1-13) |
| A(16:1-4) | | Sword and famine will make an end of them (16:4) |
| | B(16:5) | | | I have taken away my peace from this people my steadfast love and mercy (16:5) |
| | | C(16:6-8) | | | | They shall die, the great and the lowly, in this land (16:6) |
| | B'(16:9) | | | I am going to banish from this place the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness (16:9) |
| A'(16:10-13) | | Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have known (16:13) |
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A: Destruction. B: No joy. C: Death. |
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[25]God will restore Israel (Jer 16:14-21) |
| A(16:14-15) | | the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites out of the land of the north (16:15) |
| | B(16:16-18) | | | my eyes are on all their ways (16:17) |
| A'(16:19-20) | | Can man make for himself gods? These are not gods. (16:20) |
| | B'(16:21) | | | this time I will leave them in no doubt Of my strength and my power (16:21) |
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A: Who is God? B: The power of God. |
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[26]Judah's sin and punishment (Jer 17:1-13) |
| A(17:1-2) | | The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen (17:1) | (כתובה) |
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| | B(17:3-4) | | | Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil (17:3) |
| | | C(17:5-6) | | | | Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals (17:5) |
| | | C'(17:7-10) | | | | Blessed are those who trust in the LORD (17:7) |
| | B'(17:11) | | | Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, so are all who amass wealth unjustly (17:11) |
| A'(17:12-13) | | those who turn away from you shall be recorded in the underworld (17:13) | (יכתבו) |
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A: To write. B: To lose wealth. C: Curse / blessing. |
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[27]Jeremiah prays for vindication (Jer 17:14-18) |
| A(17:14) | | Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed (17:14) |
| | B(17:15-16) | | | Yet I did not press you to send calamity (17:16) |
| A'(17:17-18) | | Let my persecutors be shamed, but do not let me be shamed (17:18) |
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A: Repetitions of words. B: To send calamity. |
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A: To listen. B: Not to listen. |
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[29]The potter and the clay (Jer 18:1-17) |
| A(18:1-4) | | The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled (18:4) |
| | B(18:5-6) | | | so are you in my hand, O house of Israel (18:6) |
| | | C(18:7-8) | | | | I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom (18:7) | (ממלכה) |
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| | | C'(18:9-10) | | | | I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom (18:9) | (ממלכה) |
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| | B'(18:11-12) | | | I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you (18:11) |
| A'(18:13-17) | | I will scatter them before the enemy (18:17) |
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A: Destruction. B: The plan of the LORD. C: A kingdom. |
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[30]A plot against Jeremiah (Jer 18:18-23) |
| A(18:18) | | let us make plots against Jeremiah (18:18) | (ועצה) |
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| | B(18:19-20) | | | they have dug a pit for my life (18:20) |
| | | C(18:21-22a) | | | | give their children over to famine (18:21) |
| | B'(18:22b) | | | they have dug a pit to catch me (18:22) |
| A'(18:23) | | know all their plotting to kill me (18:23) | (עצתם) |
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A: Plots. B: A pit. C: Disasters. |
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[31]The broken earthenware jug (Jer 19:1-15) |
| A(19:1-3) | | I am going to bring such disaster upon this (19:3) |
| | B(19:4-5) | | | to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal (19:5) |
| | | C(19:6-9) | | | | in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem (19:7) |
| | | C'(19:10-12) | | | | So will I break this people and this city (19:11) |
| | B'(19:13) | | | all the houses upon whose roofs offerings have been made to the whole host of heaven (19:13) |
| A'(19:14-15) | | I am now bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster (19:15) |
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A: Disasters. B: Idolatry. C: Destruction. |
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[32]Jeremiah persecuted by Pashhur (Jer 20:1-6) |
| A(20:1-2) | | Jeremiah was heard prophesying these things (20:1) | (נבא) |
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| | B(20:3) | | | Terror-all-around (20:3) |
| | B'(20:4-5) | | | I am making you a terror to yourself (20:4) |
| A'(20:6) | | you have prophesied lies to them (20:6) | (נבאת) |
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A: To prophesy. B: Fear. |
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[33]Jeremiah denounces his persecutors (Jer 20:7-18) |
| A(20:7-8) | | I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me (20:7) |
| | B(20:9) | | | I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name (20:9) |
| | | C(20:10) | | | | take our revenge on him (20:10) | (נקמתנו) |
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| | | | D(20:11) | | | | | the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion (20:11) |
| | | C'(20:12) | | | | let me see your retribution upon them (20:12) | (נקמתך) |
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| | B'(20:13) | | | Sing to the LORD (20:13) |
| A'(20:14-18) | | Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame? (20:18) |
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A: Shame. B: To speak in the LORD's name. C: Revenge. D: The LORD is like a mighty champion. |
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[34]Jerusalem will fall to Nebuchadrezzar (Jer 21:1-14) |
P(21:1-2) | Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf (21:2) |
| A(21:3-6) | | "in anger, and wrath, and great rage (21:5)" | (ובחמה) |
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| | B(21:7) | | | "pestilence, sword, and famine (21:7)" | (הדבר) |
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| | B'(21:8-10) | | | the sword or famine or pestilence (21:9) | (ובדבר) |
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| A'(21:11-14) | | Lest my fury break out like fire (21:12) | (חמתי) |
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A: Anger. B: Pestilence, sword, and famine. |
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[35]Exhortation to repent (Jer 22:1-30) |
| A(22:1-5) | | O King of Judah sitting on the throne of David (22:2) | (עלכסאדוד) |
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| | B(22:6-10) | | | he shall return no more to see his native land (22:10) | (לאישׁוב) |
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| | | C(22:11-12) | | | | Death of the king |
| | | | D(22:13-17) | | | | | for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence (22:17) |
| | | C'(22:18-19) | | | | Death of the king |
| | B'(22:20-27) | | | they shall not return to the land to which they long to return (22:27) | (לאישׁובו) |
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| A'(22:28-30) | | in sitting on the throne of David (22:30) | (עלכסאדוד) |
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A: The throne of David. B: Not to return. C: Death of the king. D: Oppression and violence. |
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[36]Restoration after exile (Jer 23:1-8) |
| A(23:1-2) | | Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! (23:1) |
| | B(23:3-4) | | | I myself will gather the remnant of my flock, and I will bring them back (23:3) |
| A'(23:5-6) | | he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness (23:5) |
| | B'(23:7-8) | | | brought out and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the land (23:8) |
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A: The shepherds. B: To return. |
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[37]False prophets of hope denounced (Jer 23:9-40) |
| A(23:9-14) | | Both prophet and priest (23:11) | (כהן) |
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| | B(23:15) | | | Judgement of the LORD |
| | | C(23:16-19) | | | | False prophecy |
| | | | D(23:20-22) | | | | | The anger of the LORD shall not abate until he has done and fulfilled what he has determined in his heart (23:20) |
| | | C'(23:23-29) | | | | False prophecy |
| | B'(23:30-32) | | | Judgement of the LORD |
| A'(23:33-40) | | a prophet or a priest (23:33) | (כהן) |
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A: Prophet and priest. B: Judgement of the LORD. C: False prophecy. D: The anger of the LORD. |
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[38]The good and the bad figs (Jer 24:1-10) |
P(24:1-3) | The LORD showed me two baskets of figs (24:1) |
| A(24:4-7) | | Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah (24:5) |
| A'(24:8-10) | | Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat King Zedekiah of Judah (24:8) |
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A: Good figs and bad figs. |
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[39]The Babylonian captivity foretold (Jer 25:1-14) |
| A(25:1-4) | | the LORD has sent you without fail all his servants the prophets (25:4) | (הנבאים) |
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| | B(25:5-7) | | | you will remain upon the land that the LORD has given to you and your ancestors from of old and forever (25:5) |
| | B'(25:8-12) | | | This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste (25:11) |
| A'(25:13-14) | | "all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations (25:13)" | (נבא) |
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A: Prophecy. B: The land of ancestors. |
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[40]The cup of God's wrath (Jer 25:15-38) |
| A(25:15-16) | | The words of the LORD |
| | B(25:17-26) | | | I took the cup from the hand of the LORD and gave drink to all the nations (25:17) |
| A'(25:27-31) | | The words of the LORD |
| | B'(25:32-33) | | | calamity stalks from nation to nation (25:32) |
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A: The words of the LORD. B: Destruction of nations. |
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A: Prophecies. B: Words of the people. C: Persuasion of Jeremiah. |
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[42]Death of Uriah (Jer 26:20-24) |
P(26:20) | in words exactly like those of Jeremiah (26:20) |
| A(26:21-23) | | Death of Uriah |
| A'(26:24) | | Protection for Jeremiah |
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A: Prophets and persecution. |
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[43]The sign of the yoke (Jer 27:1-22) |
| A(27:1-11) | | All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his land, too, shall come (27:7) |
| | B(27:12-15) | | | Do not listen to the words of those prophets (27:14) |
| | B'(27:16-18) | | | Do not listen to the words of your prophets (27:16) |
| A'(27:19-22) | | there they shall remain, until the day I look for them (27:22) |
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A: Until the day. B: Do not listen to the words of those prophets. |
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A: Prophecy of Hananiah. B: Prophecy of Jeremiah. |
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[45]Restoration promised (Jer 29:1-23) |
P(29:1-3) | the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem (29:1) |
| A(29:4-9) | | Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you (29:8) |
| | B(29:10-14) | | | I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile (29:14) |
| | B'(29:15-19) | | | your kinsfolk who did not go out with you into exile (29:16) |
| A'(29:20-23) | | Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you (29:21) |
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A: False prophet. B: Exile / Not Exile. |
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A: The words of the LORD. B: The letter. |
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A: Promise of salvation. B: Sufferings. C: Promise of salvation. |
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[48]The joyful return of the exiles (Jer 31:1-26) |
| A(31:1) | | I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel (31:1) |
| | B(31:2-6) | | | you shall be rebuilt, O virgin Israel (31:4) |
| | | C(31:7-9) | | | | Ephraim is my first-born (31:9) |
| | | | D(31:10-14) | | | | | The LORD shall ransom Jacob, he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror (31:11) |
| | | | | E(31:15-17) | | | | | | they shall return from the enemy's land (31:16) |
| | | | D'(31:18-19) | | | | | I turn in repentance (31:19) |
| | | C'(31:20) | | | | Is Ephraim not my favored son (31:20) |
| | B'(31:21-22) | | | Turn back, O virgin Israel (31:21) |
| A'(31:23-26) | | Judah and all her cities shall dwell there together (31:24) |
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A: All people. B: Virgin Israel. C: Ephraim is the son. D: Reconciliation. E: To return. |
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[49]A new covenant (Jer 31:27-40) |
| A(31:27-28) | | The days are coming (31:27) | (הנהימים) |
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| | B(31:29-30) | | | The fathers ate unripe grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge (31:29) |
| | | C(31:31-33) | | | | I will be their God, and they shall be my people (31:33) |
| | | | D(31:34) | | | | | All, from least to greatest, shall know me (31:34) |
| | | C'(31:35-36) | | | | Then shall the race of Israel cease as a nation before me forever (31:36) |
| | B'(31:37) | | | will I cast off the whole race of Israel because of all they have done (31:37) |
| A'(31:38-40) | | The days are coming (31:38) | (הנהימים) |
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A: The day is coming. B: Descendants. C: The people of God. D: To know God. |
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[50]Jeremiah is imprisoned (Jer 32:1-5) |
| A(32:1-2) | | the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem (32:2) |
| | B(32:3a) | | | king of Judah, had imprisoned him (32:3) |
| | | C(32:3b) | | | | Destruction of the city |
| | B'(32:4-5a) | | | Neither shall king of Judah escape the hands of the Chaldeans (32:4) |
| A'(32:5b) | | in fighting the Chaldeans, you cannot win (32:5) |
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A: Attack of Babylon. B: King of Judah. C: Destruction of the city. |
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A: The words of the LORD. B: The actions of Hanamel. C: Purchase of the field. |
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[52]Jeremiah prays for understanding (Jer 32:16-25) |
| A(32:16-17) | | Ah, Lord GOD (32:17) |
| | B(32:18-19) | | | giving to each according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds (32:19) |
| | | C(32:20-22) | | | | Exodus |
| | B'(32:23-24) | | | Hence you let all these evils befall them (32:23) |
| A'(32:25) | | O Lord GOD (32:25) |
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A: Ah, Lord GOD. B: Retribution. C: Exodus. |
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A: Disasters and prosperity. B: The people of the LORD. |
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[54]Healing after punishment (Jer 33:1-18) |
| A(33:1-3) | | |
| | B1(33:4-9) | | | Restoration from disasters |
| | B2(33:10-11) | | | Restoration from disasters |
| | B3(33:12-13) | | | Restoration from disasters |
| A'(33:14-18) | | this is what they shall call her (33:16) | (יקרא) |
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A: To call. B: Restoration from disasters. |
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[55]Covenant with David (Jer 33:19-26) |
| A(33:19-22) | | "my covenant with day, and my covenant with night (33:20)" | (בריתי) |
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| | B(33:23-24) | | | The LORD has rejected the two tribes which he had chosen (33:24) |
| A'(33:25-26) | | covenant with day and night (33:25) | (בריתי) |
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A: Covenant with day and night. B: To reject the two tribes. |
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A: Invasion of the king of Babylon. B: Prophecy to the king of Judah. |
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[57]Treacherous treatment of slaves (Jer 34:8-22) |
| A(34:8-11) | | they took back their male and female slaves whom they had set free (34:11) |
| | B(34:12-14) | | | I made this covenant with them (34:13) |
| A'(34:15-16) | | taking back your male and female slaves to whom you had given their freedom (34:16) |
| | B'(34:17-22) | | | You did not obey me by proclaiming your neighbors and kinsmen free (34:17) |
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A: To take back slaves. B: The covenant with the LORD. |
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[58]The Rechabites commended (Jer 35:1-19) |
| A(35:1-2) | | The words of the LORD to family of Rechabites |
| | B(35:3-11) | | | we have heeded Jonadab in all his prohibitions (35:8) |
| | | C(35:12-13) | | | | say to the men of Judah and to the citizens of Jerusalem (35:13) |
| | | | D(35:14) | | | | | you have not obeyed (35:14) | (ולאשׁמעתם) |
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| | | | | E(35:15) | | | | | | telling you to turn back, all of you, from your evil way (35:15) |
| | | | D'(35:16) | | | | | this people does not obey me (35:16) | (לאשׁמעו) |
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| | | C'(35:17) | | | | I will bring upon Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem every evil (35:17) |
| | B'(35:18) | | | you have obeyed the command of Jonadab (35:18) |
| A'(35:19) | | The words of the LORD to family of Rechabites |
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A: The words of the LORD to family of Rechabites. B: Obedience. C: Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem. D: Disobedience. E: Turn back. |
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[59]The scroll read in the temple (Jer 36:1-32) |
| A(36:1-2) | | write on it all the words I have spoken to you (36:2) |
| | B(36:3) | | | I may forgive their wickedness and their sin (36:3) |
| | | C(36:4-8) | | | | wrote down on a scroll, as Jeremiah dictated (36:4) |
| | | | D(36:9-15) | | | | | Baruch publicly read the words of Jeremiah (36:10) |
| | | | | E(36:16-18) | | | | | | We must certainly tell the king all these things (36:16) | (הגיד) |
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| | | | | | F(36:19) | | | | | | | Go into hiding, you and Jeremiah (36:19) |
| | | | | E'(36:20) | | | | | | they told him everything that had happened (36:20) | (ויגידו) |
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| | | | D'(36:21-26) | | | | | read it to the king and to all the princes (36:21) |
| | | C'(36:27-29) | | | | the scroll with the text Jeremiah had dictated to Baruch (36:27) |
| | B'(36:30-31) | | | I will punish him for their wickedness (36:31) |
| A'(36:32) | | he wrote on it at Jeremiah's dictation all the words (36:32) |
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A: To write. B: Wickedness. C: To write on the scroll. D: Reading. E: To tell the king. F: To hide. |
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[60]Jeremiah is imprisoned (Jer 37:1-21) |
| A(37:1-3) | | The request of the king |
| | B(37:4) | | | At this time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison (37:4) |
| | | C(37:5) | | | | Withdrawal of Chaldean army | (וחיל) |
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| | | | D(37:6-10) | | | | | The words of the LORD |
| | | C'(37:11) | | | | Withdrawal of Chaldean army | (חיל) |
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| | B'(37:12-16) | | | thrown into prison in the house of Jonathan (37:15) |
| A'(37:17-21) | | The request of the king |
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A: The request of the king. B: Imprison. C: Withdrawal of Chaldean army. D: The words of the LORD. |
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[61]Jeremiah in the cistern (Jer 38:1-13) |
P(38:1-3) | Prophecy of Jeremiah |
| A(38:4-5) | | Officials requested the death of Jeremiah to the king |
| | B(38:6) | | | they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah (38:6) | (הבור) |
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| A'(38:7-10) | | Ebed-melech requested the salvation of Jeremiah to the king |
| | B'(38:11-13) | | | they drew him up with the ropes out of the cistern (38:13) | (הבור) |
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A: Request for the king. B: The cistern. |
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[62]Zedekiah consults Jeremiah again (Jer 38:14-28) |
| A(38:14-16) | | "you will have me killed, will you not? (38:15)" | (המת) |
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| | B(38:17-18) | | | Prophecy of Jeremiah |
| | | C(38:19) | | | | The king's concern |
| | B'(38:20-23) | | | Prophecy of Jeremiah |
| A'(38:24-28) | | "Let no one know about this conversation, or you shall die (38:24)" | (תמות) |
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A: To kill Jeremiah. B: Prophecy of Jeremiah. C: The king's concern. |
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Jer 38:1-28 |
| A(38:1-5) | | This man ought to be put to death (38:4) |
| | B(38:6) | | | Jeremiah sank into the mud (38:6) |
| | | C(38:7-12) | | | | draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he should die (38:10) |
| | | | D(38:13) | | | | | Jeremiah remained in the quarters of the guard (38:13) |
| A'(38:14-18) | | you will have me killed (38:15) |
| | B'(38:19) | | | I may be handed over to them, and they will mistreat me (38:19) |
| | | C'(38:20-27) | | | | Let no one know about this conversation, or you shall die (38:24) |
| | | | D'(38:28) | | | | | Jeremiah stayed in the quarters of the guard till the day Jerusalem was taken (38:28) |
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[63]The fall of Jerusalem (Jer 39:1-14) |
| A(39:1-3) | | all his army marched against Jerusalem and besieged it (39:1) |
| | B(39:4-7) | | | He then blinded Zedekiah and bound him in chains to bring him to Babylon (39:7) |
| | B'(39:8-10) | | | Nebuzaradan deported to Babylon the rest of the people left in the city (39:9) |
| A'(39:11-14) | | had Jeremiah taken out of the quarters of the guard (39:14) |
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A: Siege / release. B: The captivity. |
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A: On that day. |
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[65]Jeremiah is released (Jer 40:1-6) |
| A(40:1) | | This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan had released him (40:1) |
| | B(40:2-5) | | | Words of Nebuzaradan |
| A'(40:6) | | Jeremiah went to Gedaliah (40:6) |
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A: Movement of Jeremiah. B: Words of Nebuzaradan. |
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[66]Jeremiah with Gedaliah the governor (Jer 40:7-16) |
| A(40:7-8) | | Ishmael had come |
| | B(40:9-10) | | | "They were to collect the wine, the fruit, and the oil (40:10)" | (ייןוקיץ) |
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| | B'(40:11-12) | | | They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah and had a rich harvest of wine and fruit (40:12) | (ייןוקיץ) |
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| A'(40:13-16) | | Ishmael's plot to kill others |
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A: Ishmael. B: The wine, the fruit. |
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[67]Insurrection against Gedaliah (Jer 41:1-18) |
| A(41:1-3) | | they killed him (41:2) |
| | B(41:4-6) | | | Ishmael went out from Mizpah to meet them (41:6) |
| | | C(41:7-10) | | | | Ishmael slew them and threw them into the cistern (41:7) |
| | B'(41:11-15) | | | All of those whom Ishmael had brought away from Mizpah (41:14) |
| A'(41:16-18) | | Ishmael had slain Gedaliah (41:18) |
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A: Death of Gedaliah. B: People of captivity. C: Murder. |
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[68]Jeremiah advises survivors not to migrate (Jer 42:1-22) |
| A(42:1-6) | | we will truly and faithfully follow all the instructions the LORD, your God, will send us (42:5) |
| | B'(42:7-17) | | | Prophecy of Jeremiah |
| A'(42:18-22) | | make known to us all that the LORD shall say, and we will do it (42:20) |
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A: Oath of the people. B: Prophecy of Jeremiah. |
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[69]Escape to Egypt (Jer 43:1-7) |
| A(43:1-3) | | Objection of Johanan |
| | B(43:4) | | | people did not obey the LORD'S command (43:4) |
| A'(43:5-6) | | Johanan gathered people |
| | B'(43:7) | | | Against the LORD'S command they went to Egypt (43:7) |
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A: Acts of Johanan. B: Not to obey the LORD'S command. |
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[70]Jeremiah warns of judgment (Jer 43:8-13) |
| A(43:8-9) | | Take with you large stones (43:9) |
| | B(43:10) | | | I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar (43:10) |
| | | C(43:11) | | | | Pestilence, exile and sword |
| | B'(43:12) | | | he shall delouse the land of Egypt and depart victorious (43:12) |
| A'(43:13) | | He shall smash the obelisks of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt (43:13) |
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A: Stones. B: Coming / leaving. C: Pestilence, exile and sword. |
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[71]Denunciation of persistent idolatry (Jer 44:1-30) |
| A(44:1-6) | | I kept sending to you all my servants the prophets, with the plea not to commit this horrible deed which I hate (44:4) |
| | B(44:7-10) | | | they do not fear or follow the law and the statutes (44:10) | (בתורתי) |
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| | | C(44:11-14) | | | | "they shall die by the sword, or by hunger (44:12)" | (בחרבברעב) |
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| A'(44:15-19) | | We will not listen to what you say in the name of the LORD (44:16) |
| | B'(44:20-23) | | | "not living by his law, his statutes, and his decrees (44:23)" | (ובתרתו) |
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| | | C'(44:24-30) | | | | All the men of Judah in Egypt shall perish by the sword or famine (44:27) | (בחרבוברעב) |
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A: To refuse prophets. B: To refuse the law. C: The sword or famine. |
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[72]A word of comfort to Baruch (Jer 45:1-5) |
| A(45:1-3) | | the LORD adds grief to my pain (45:3) |
| | B(45:4) | | | I am uprooting: even the whole land (45:4) |
| | | C(45:5a) | | | | Do not ask (45:5) |
| | B'(45:5b) | | | I am bringing evil on all mankind (45:5) |
| A'(45:5c) | | your life I will leave you as booty, wherever you may go (45:5) |
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A: Sufferings of Baruch. B: Sufferings of the whole land. C: Do not ask. |
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[73]Judgment on Egypt (Jer 46:1-12) |
P(46:1-2) | the word of the LORD that came to the prophet Jeremiah (46:1) |
| A(46:3-4) | | Prepare shield and buckler! (46:3) | (מגן) |
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| | B(46:5-6) | | | They flee headlong without making a stand (46:5) | (וגבוריהם) |
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| A'(46:7-9) | | bearing your shields (46:9) | (מגן) |
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| | B'(46:10-12) | | | "Warrior trips over warrior, both fall together (46:12)" | (גבור) |
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A: To prepare shields. B: Warriors fall. |
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[74]Babylonia will strike Egypt (Jer 46:13-28) |
| A(46:13-15) | | the sword has already devoured your neighbors (46:14) |
| | B(46:16-17) | | | let us return to our own people (46:16) | (ונשׁבה) |
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| | | C(46:18-19) | | | | Memphis shall become a desert, an empty ruin (46:19) |
| | | | D(46:20) | | | | | from the north a horsefly lights upon her (46:20) | (מצפון) |
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| | | | | E(46:21-23) | | | | | | When the day of their ruin comes upon them (46:21) |
| | | | D'(46:24) | | | | | handed over to the people of the north (46:24) | (צפון) |
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| | | C'(46:25-26) | | | | later on Egypt shall be inhabited again (46:26) |
| | B'(46:27) | | | I will deliver you from the far-off land (46:27) | (ושׁב) |
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| A'(46:28) | | I will make an end of all the nations to which I have driven you (46:28) |
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A: Destruction. B: To return. C: Inhabitants. D: From north. E: The day of ruin. |
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[75]Judgment on nations (Jer 47:1-49:33) |
| A(47:1-5) | | the day which has come to ruin all the Philistines (47:4) | (לשׁדוד) |
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| | B(47:6-7) | | | "Return into your scabbard; stop, be still! (47:6)" | (תשׁקטי) |
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| | | C(48:1-11) | | | | giving wings to Moab (48:9) |
| | | | D(48:12-39) | | | | | "We have heard of the pride of Moab, pride beyond bounds: His loftiness, his pride, his scorn, his insolence of heart (48:29)" | (גבהו) |
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| | | | | E(48:40-47) | | | | | | I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment (48:44) |
| | | | | | F(49:1-6) | | | | | | | Israel shall inherit those who disinherited her (49:2) |
| | | | | E'(49:7-11) | | | | | | I will bring destruction upon Esau when I come to punish him (49:8) |
| | | | D'(49:12-19) | | | | | Though you build your nest high as the eagle (49:16) | (תגביה) |
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| | | C'(49:20-22) | | | | like an eagle he soars aloft, and spreads his wings over Bozrah (49:22) |
| | B'(49:23-27) | | | they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet (49:23) | (השׁקט) |
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| A'(49:28-33) | | "Rise up, attack Kedar, ravage the Easterners (49:28)" | (שׁדד) |
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A: Destruction. B: Silence. C: To fly. D: Loftiness. E: Punishment. F: Vengeance. |
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Jer 48:1-48:47 |
| A(48:1-8) | | Moab's glory is no more (48:2) |
| | B(48:9-11) | | | Give wings to Moab (48:9) |
| | | C(48:12-16) | | | | shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles (48:12 RWB) |
| | | | D(48:17-25) | | | | | All ye that are about him, bemoan him (48:17 RWB) |
| | | | | E(48:26-30) | | | | | | We have heard the pride of Moab (48:29 RWB) |
| | | | D'(48:31-34) | | | | | I will cry out for all Moab (48:31 RWB) |
| | | C'(48:35-39) | | | | I have broken Moab like a vessel (48:38 RWB) |
| | B'(48:40-42) | | | Behold, like an eagle he soars, spreads his wings over Moab (48:40) |
| A'(48:43-47) | | I will change the lot of Moab in the days to come (48:47) |
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[76]Judgment on Elam (Jer 49:34-39) |
| A(49:34) | | at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah (49:34) |
| | B(49:35-36) | | | Elam refugees |
| | | C(49:37a) | | | | I will bring evil upon them (49:37) |
| | B'(49:37b-38) | | | destruction of the aristocracy and the king of Elam |
| A'(49:39) | | In the final days (49:39) |
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A: Beginning / end. B: The people. C: I will bring evil upon them. |
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[77]Judgment on Babylon (Jer 50:1-51:58) |
| A(50:1-5) | | Announce and publish it among the nations (50:2) |
| | B(50:6-7) | | | their shepherds misled them, straggling on the mountains (50:6) |
| | | C(50:8-16) | | | | Before the destroying sword, each of them turns to his own people (50:16) |
| | | | D(50:17) | | | | | A stray sheep was Israel that lions pursued (50:17) |
| | | | | E(50:18-21) | | | | | | I will punish the king of Babylon and his land (50:18) | (פקד) |
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| | | | | | F(50:22-27) | | | | | | | Come upon her from every side, open her granaries, Pile up her goods in heaps (50:26) |
| | | | | | | G(50:28-30) | | | | | | | | her young men shall fall in her streets, all her warriors shall perish on that day (50:30) |
| | | | | | | | H(50:31-32) | | | | | | | | | "I am against you, man of insolence (50:31)" | (הנניאליך) |
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| | | | | | | | | I(50:33-37) | | | | | | | | | | A sword upon |
| | | | | | | | | | J(50:38-46) | | | | | | | | | | | For who is like me? (50:44) |
| | | | | | | | | | | K(51:1-14) | | | | | | | | | | | | Babylon suddenly falls and is crushed (51:8) |
| | | | | | | | | | J'(51:15-19) | | | | | | | | | | | Not like these is the portion of Jacob (51:19) |
| | | | | | | | | I'(51:20-24) | | | | | | | | | | A hammer |
| | | | | | | | H'(51:25-26) | | | | | | | | | "I am against you, destroying mountain (51:25)" | (הנניאליך) |
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| | | | | | | G'(51:27-32) | | | | | | | | Babylon's warriors have ceased to fight, they remain in their strongholds (51:30) |
| | | | | | F'(51:33-35) | | | | | | | Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trodden; Yet a little while, and the harvest time will come for her (51:33) |
| | | | | E'(51:36-44) | | | | | | I will punish Bel in Babylon (51:44) | (ופקדתי) |
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| | | | D'(51:45-51) | | | | | Babylon, too, must fall, O slain of Israel (51:49) |
| | | C'(51:52-53) | | | | destroyers from me shall reach her (51:53) |
| | B'(51:54-57) | | | I will make her princes and her wise men drunk (51:57) |
| A'(51:58) | | The toil of the nations is for nothing (51:58) |
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A: The nations. B: Shephards. C: Destruction. D: Destruction of Israel. E: Punishment. F: Crops. G: Abandonment of combat. H: Against. I: Weapons. J: Who is like God? K: Babylon suddenly falls. |
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A: Instruction of Jeremiah. |
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[79]The reign of Zedekiah (Jer 52:1-11) |
| A(52:1-3) | | Indeed, what was done in Jerusalem and in Judah so angered the LORD that he cast them out from his presence (52:3) |
| | B(52:4-8) | | | Capitulation of Jerusalem |
| A'(52:9-11) | | The king, therefore, was arrested and brought to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, to the king of Babylon (52:9) |
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A: Judgement. B: Capitulation of Jerusalem. |
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[80]The destruction of Jerusalem (Jer 52:12-30) |
| A(52:12-16) | | Then Nebuzaradan led into exile the rest of the people left in the city (52:15) | (הגלה) |
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| | B(52:17-23) | | | Destruction of the vessels of the temple |
| A'(52:24-30) | | Thus was Judah exiled from her land (52:27) | (ויגל) |
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A: Captivity. B: Destruction of the vessels of the temple. |
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Jehoiachin, king of Judah (52:31) |
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