Summary[i]
Jeremiah began his ministry in the
13th year of Josiah, about 60 years after Isaiah's death. Zephaniah and
Habakkuk were contemporaries of his earlier ministry. Daniel of his later. After
the death of Josiah, the kingdom of Judah hastened to its end in the Babylonian
captivity. Jeremiah remained in the land ministering to the poor Remnant (2Ki_24:14) until they went into Egypt, whither
he followed them, and where he died, early in the 70 year's captivity.
Jeremiah, prophesying before and during the exile of Judah, connects the
pre-exile prophets with Ezekiel and Daniel, prophets of the exile.
Jeremiah's vision includes: the
Babylonian captivity; the return after 70 years; the world- wide dispersion;
the final regathering; the kingdom-age; the day of judgment on the Gentile
powers, and the Remnant.
Jeremiah is in six chief
divisions:
1. From the prophet's call to his message to the
first captives (Jeremiah 1:1 - 29:32).
2. Prophecies and events not chronological
(Jeremiah 30:1 - 36:2).
3. From the accession to the captivity of
Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37:1 - 39:18).
4. Jeremiah's prophecies in the land after the
final captivity of Judah (Jeremiah 40:1 - 42:22).
5. The prophet in Egypt (Jeremiah 43:1 - 44:30).
6. Miscellaneous prophecies (Jeremiah 45:1 -
52:34).
The events recorded in Jeremiah
cover a period of 41 years (Ussher).