Chapter III: Preface: v

INDEX OF CHAPTERS vii

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE ix

BOOK I

_PERSONAL UTTERANCES AND
NARRATIVES_

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY: JEHOAHAZ. xxii. 10-12 3

"Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for
him that goeth away: for he shall return no more."--xxii, 10

CHAPTER II

A TRIAL FOR HERESY. xxvi.: cf. vii.-x. 10

"When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had
commanded him to speak unto all the people, the priests and the
prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt
surely die."--xxvi. 8

CHAPTER III

THE ROLL. xxxvi. 28

"Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that
I have spoken unto thee."--xxxvi. 2

CHAPTER IV

THE RECHABITES. xxxv. 44

"Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before Me
for ever."--xxxv. 19

CHAPTER V

BARUCH. xlv. 54

"Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey."--xlv. 5

CHAPTER VI

THE JUDGMENT ON JEHOIAKIM. xxii. 13-19, xxxvi. 30, 31 63

"Jehoiakim ... slew him (Uriah) with the sword, and cast his dead
body into the graves of the common people."--xxvi. 23

"Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim, ... He shall
be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond
the gates of Jerusalem."--xxii. 18, 19

Jehoiakim ... did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah,
according to all that his fathers had done.--2 KINGS xxiii. 36, 37

CHAPTER VII

JEHOIACHIN. xxii. 20-30 80

"A despised broken vessel."--xxii. 28

"A young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became
a young lion and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured
men."--EZEK. xix. 5, 6

"Jehoiachin ... did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all
that his father had done."--2 KINGS xxiv. 8, 9

CHAPTER VIII

BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS. xxiii.; xxiv. 96

"Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My
pasture!"--xxii. 1

"Of what avail is straw instead of grain?... Is not My word like
fire, ... like a hammer that shattereth the rocks?"--xxiii. 28, 29

CHAPTER IX

HANANIAH. xxvii., xxviii. 115

"Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest
this people to trust in a lie."--xxviii. 15

CHAPTER X

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES. xxix. 131

"Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of
Babylon roasted in the fire."--xxix. 22

CHAPTER XI

A BROKEN COVENANT. xxi. 1-10, xxxiv.; xxxvii. 1-10 141

"All the princes and people ... changed their minds and reduced to
bondage again all the slaves whom they had set free."--xxxiv. 10,
11

CHAPTER XII

JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT. xxxvii. 11-21, xxxviii.,
xxxix. 15-18 155

"Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that
Jerusalem was taken."--xxxviii. 28

CHAPTER XIII

GEDALIAH. xxxix.-xli., lii. 172

"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
him, and smote with the sword and slew Gedaliah ben Ahikam ben
Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon had made king over the
land."--xli. 2

CHAPTER XIV

THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT. xlii., xliii. 187

"They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice
of Jehovah."--xliii. 7

CHAPTER XV

THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN. xliv. 197

"Since we left off burning incense and offering libations to the
Queen of Heaven, we have been in want of everything, and have been
consumed by the sword and the famine."--xliv. 18

BOOK II

_PROPHECIES CONCERNING FOREIGN
NATIONS_

CHAPTER XVI

JEHOVAH AND THE NATIONS. xxv. 15-38 211

"Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."--xxv. 31

CHAPTER XVII

EGYPT. xliii. 8-13, xliv. 30, xlvi. 220

"I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods
and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in
him."--xlvi. 25

CHAPTER XVIII

THE PHILISTINES. xlvii. 230

"O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still."--xlvii. 6

CHAPTER XIX

MOAB. xlviii. 234

"Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath
magnified himself against Jehovah."--xlviii. 42

"Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo against Israel ... and I took
it ... and I took from it the vessels of Jehovah, and offered them
before Chemosh."--MOABITE STONE.

"Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter
days."--xlviii. 47

CHAPTER XX

AMMON. xlix. 1-6 242

"Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Moloch
possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?"--xlix. 1

CHAPTER XXI

EDOM. xlix. 7-22 243

"Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a
curse."--xlix. 13

CHAPTER XXII

DAMASCUS. xlix. 23-27 248

"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour
the palaces of Benhadad."--xlix. 27

CHAPTER XXIII

KEDAR AND HAZOR. xlix. 28-33 251

"Concerning Kedar, and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon smote."--xlix. 28

CHAPTER XXIV

ELAM. xlix. 34-39 255

"I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might."--xlix.
35

CHAPTER XXV

BABYLON. l., li. 258

"Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in
pieces."--l. 2

BOOK III

_JEREMIAH'S TEACHING CONCERNING
ISRAEL AND JUDAH_

CHAPTER XXVI

INTRODUCTORY 267

"I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall
be My people."--xxxi. 1

CHAPTER XXVII

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION 270

"Very bad figs, ... too bad to be eaten."--xxiv. 2, 8, xxix. 17

CHAPTER XXVIII

PERSISTENT APOSTASY 283

"They have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and
worshipped other gods, and served them."--xxii. 9

"Every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart."--xxiii.
17

CHAPTER XXIX

RUIN. xxii. 1-9, xxvi. 14 295

"The sword, the pestilence, and the famine."--xxi, 9 _and passim_.

"Terror on every side."--vi. 25, xx. 10, xlvi. 5, xlix. 29; _also
as proper name_, MAGOR-MISSABIB, xx. 3

CHAPTER XXX

RESTORATION--I. THE SYMBOL. xxxii. 308

"And I bought the field of Hanameel."--xxxii. 9

CHAPTER XXXI

RESTORATION--II. THE NEW ISRAEL. xxiii. 3-8, xxiv.
6, 7, xxx., xxxi., xxxiii. 319

"In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and this is the name whereby she shall be called, Jehovah
our Righteousness."--xxxiii. 16

CHAPTER XXXII

RESTORATION--III. REUNION. xxxi. 329

"I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the
seed of man, and with the seed of beast."--xxxi. 27

CHAPTER XXXIII

RESTORATION--IV. THE NEW COVENANT. xxxi. 31-38:
cf. Hebrews viii. 346

"I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house
of Judah."--xxxi. 31

CHAPTER XXXIV

RESTORATION--V. REVIEW. xxx.-xxxiii. 357

EPILOGUE

CHAPTER XXXV

JEREMIAH AND CHRIST 367

"Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from amongst
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye
hearken."--DEUT. xviii. 15

"Jesus ... asked His disciples, saying, Who do men say that the
Son of Man is? And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some,
Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."--MATT. xvi.
13, 14