Chapters of the Bible

Jeremiah takes a clay jar and smashes it in the Valley of Hinnom as a prophetic sign. This symbolizes God's irreversible decision to smash Jerusalem for their wicked practices.

Pashhur, the chief priest, beats and imprisons Jeremiah for his prophecies. Jeremiah curses the day he was born but cannot stop preaching God's powerful, burning word.

King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray for them as the Babylonian army approaches. Jeremiah prophecies that God Himself will fight against Jerusalem and deliver the city to destruction.

Jeremiah warns the wicked kings of Judah that the Davidic Covenant is conditional: if they do not practice justice and righteousness, their royal house will be utterly desolate.

God condemns the corrupt shepherds (leaders) of Israel. God promises to raise up a righteous Branch (the Messiah) from David's line who will reign with justice and salvation.

Jeremiah sees a vision of two baskets of figs. The good figs (the exiles already in Babylon) will be restored, while the bad figs (those left in Jerusalem) will face destruction.

Jeremiah summarizes his 23 years of preaching and prophecies the 70 years of Babylonian exile for Judah. He announces God’s judgment upon all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah delivers the Temple Sermon, and the priests and prophets seize him to execute him. He is miraculously acquitted when the elders remember Micah's similar prophecy and King Hezekiah's response.

Jeremiah is commanded to wear a wooden yoke as a sign that God has placed King Nebuchadnezzar in charge of all the nations, warning them not to resist Babylonian rule.

The false prophet Hananiah publicly breaks Jeremiah’s wooden yoke, prophesying that the exile will end in two years. Jeremiah rebukes him, and Hananiah dies two months later, confirming Jeremiah's truth.

Jeremiah sends a famous letter to the exiles in Babylon, instructing them to seek the welfare of the city where they are exiled and promising them restoration after 70 years.

God promises a future day of restoration, where God will bring His people back from exile. This is the prophecy of the New Covenant, where Jacob will serve the Lord peacefully.