Jeremiah (Keesee) - Course Study Guide (Print)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

LESSON 1: JEREMIAH, PROPHET OF JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT .... 1
LESSON 2: JEREMIAH’S PREACHING AND REJECTION ..... 7
LESSON 3: THE RESPONSE OF JEREMIAH TO REJECTION ...... 12
LESSON 4: JEREMIAH’S LIFE COMES INTO FOCUS (Jeremiah 20:1-10) .... 17
LESSON 5: A NATION’S RELATIONSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD GOD ..... 22
LESSON 6: JEREMIAH’S CALL AND COMMISSION (Jeremiah 1:1-19) .....28
LESSON 7: A PLEADING, PERCEPTIVE PROCLAMATION (Jeremiah 2:1-42) .... 34
LESSON 8: PREVIEW & PERIL PRESENTED TO WARN (Jeremiah 4:4 - 6:8) ..... 40
LESSON 9: REMORSE, REMINDERS AND REJECTION (Jeremiah 6:9 - 8:19)..... 47
LESSON 10: PUNISHMENT, PAIN, APOSTASY AND PROMISE (Jeremiah 9 - 11) .... 52
LESSON 11: THE PROPHET, THE PEOPLE AND THE COVENANT (Jeremiah 12 - 14) .... 58
LESSON 12: PUNISHMENT AND PROTECTION (Jeremiah 15 - 17) .... 65
LESSON 13: GOD, THE POTTER, HIS PRINCIPLES, PEOPLE, AND PROPHET (Jeremiah 18 - 20) .... 71
LESSON 14: GOD’S EXPLANATION FOR HIS ACTIONS (Jeremiah 21 - 23) ..... 77
LESSON 15: GOD’S FIDELITY AND THE TIMETABLE OF TRAGEDIES (Jeremiah 24 - 27) .... 84
LESSON 16: A LYING PROPHET, LETTERS TO & RETURN OF THE REMNANT (Jeremiah 28 - 30) ...... 91
LESSON 17: RESTORATION, REDEMPTION AND ASSURANCE (Jeremiah 31 - 32) .... 97
LESSON 18: PRISON PROPHECIES, DEFEAT AND DESOLATION (Jeremiah 33 - 35) .....102
LESSON 19: JEREMIAH’S STRENGTH AND ZEDEKIAH’S WEAKNESS (Jeremiah 36 - 38) ..... 107
LESSON 20: JERUSALEM FALLS AND THE REMNANT (Jeremiah 39 - 41) .... 112
LESSON 21: THE REMNANT’S CONTINUED DISOBEDIENCE (Jeremiah 43 - 45) .... 117
LESSON 22: PROPHECIES AGAINST THE NATIONS (Jeremiah 46 - 51) .... 122
LESSON 23: JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS (Jeremiah 49 - 51) .... 126
LESSON 24: GOD’S JUDGMENT, A DIVINE DIRECTIVE (Jeremiah 51:1 - 52:34) .... 132
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BIBLIOGRAPHY .... 137

INTRODUCTION
A man of monumental spiritual stature presents to us the longest prophetic book
of the Old Testament. Jeremiah didn't do anything in miniature. His
prophecies pronounced God's justice and judgment on at least 20 different
countries and cities (Jeremiah 25:18-28). He started while young and continued for
over 40 years with a “thus saith the Lord” indictment delivered to kings, princes,
false prophets, priests, and people of every level of life. He delivered a special
promise from God to an Ethiopian slave, who befriended him (39:15-18), and yet
pronounced judgment and calamity on Babylon's world empire (51:59-64).
There was nothing placid nor passive about his prophetic life and lip. He was a
warrior in love with righteousness and a human whose heart vibrated with fleshly
feelings founded on faith. There is no way one can place his message and mission in
the normal category. His message came out of heaven, and his mission was a
declaration of doom and desolation for the masses.
You are about to launch into one of the most divine adventures of stimulating study
found in sacred Scripture. J.D. Douglas wrote, “It is no exaggeration to say that in
order to understand what the Old Testament means by the term prophet, it is
necessary to study the book of Jeremiah.”