| Chapter
& Verse |
Title |
|
1:1–6:30 |
Baruch's
scroll |
|
1:1–19 |
The
call of Jeremiah. |
|
2:1–4:4 |
Indictment
of the nation's sin. |
|
4:5–6:30 |
The
coming disaster 'from the north.' |
|
7:1–10:25 |
First
editorial addition to Baruch's scroll |
|
7:1–8:3 |
Temple sermons and appended sayings. |
|
8:4–9:21 |
An
incorrigible people and their tragic ruin. |
|
9:22–10:16 |
Miscellaneous
sayings. |
|
10:17–25 |
An
incorrigible people and their tragic ruin. |
|
11:1–20:18 |
Second
editorial addition to Baruch's scroll |
|
11:1–17 |
Preaching
on the broken covenant. |
|
11:18–12:6 |
Jeremiah's
persecution by his relatives and fellow townsmen. |
|
12:7–17 |
God
expresses His sorrow for the dereliction of His people. |
|
13:1–27 |
Parabolic
vision of the linen waistcloth and attached sayings. |
|
14:1–15:4 |
The
time of drought and national emergency. |
|
15:5–16:21 |
Oracles
and confessions in poetry and prose. |
|
17:1–27 |
Miscellany. |
|
18:1–23 |
Jeremiah
at the potter's house and attached sayings. |
|
19:1–20:18 |
Prophetic
symbolism and the persecutions; further confessions. |
|
21:1–24:10 |
Oracles
concerning the House of David and the prophets. |
|
25:1–38 |
Oracles
against foreign nations |
|
26:1–29:32 |
The
biography of Jeremiah |
|
26:1–24 |
The
'Temple sermon'; Jeremiah narrowly escapes death. |
|
27:1–28:17 |
Events
of 594 BC; the incident of the ox-yoke. |
|
29:1–32 |
594
BC: Jeremiah and the exile in Babylon. |
|
30:1–31:40 |
The
'Book of Consolation.' |
|
32:1–44:30 |
The
biography of Jeremiah. |
|
32:1–33:26 |
Restoration
of Judah and Jerusalem. |
|
34:1–7 |
Words
of Jeremiah as the Babylonian blockade tightens. |
|
34:8–22 |
Incidents
during lifting of siege. |
|
35:1–19
|
Jeremiah
and the Rechabites. |
|
36:1–32 |
Incident
of the scroll. |
|
37:1–10 |
Incident
during lifting of siege. |
|
37:11–38:28 |
Jeremiah
in prison. |
|
39:1–40:6 |
Jeremiah's
release from prison. |
|
40:7–43:7 |
Assassination
of Gedaliah and the flight to Egypt. |
|
43:8–44:30
|
Jeremiah
in Egypt. |
|
45:1–5 |
Baruch |
|
46:1–51:64 |
Oracles
against foreign nations |
| 52:1–34 |
The
fall of Jerusalem |
 |
Source
F. Skolnik. Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edn., vol.
2. Detroit, MI: Macmillian Reference, 2007. |
