SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #8 THE ASSYRIAN EXILE OF ISRAEL AND THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF JUDAH | |||||||
| FOCUS | Call of Jeremiah | Prophetic messages to the Nation of Judah | Prophecies to the Gentiles | Conclusion of the fall of Jerusalem | ||||
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT | |||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
2:1 |
30:1 |
34:1 |
46:1 |
52:1–52:34 | ||
| DIVISION | Commissioning of the Prophet | Twelve homilies of condemnation against the Covenant people | Promises of future restoration | The siege and battle for Jerusalem | Prophecies against nine Gentile nations | Capture of Jerusalem. Destruction of the Temple | ||
| TOPIC | Prior to the Fall of Jerusalem | From the fall of Jerusalem to the exile | ||||||
| CALL | MINISTRY | CONCLUSION | ||||||
| LOCATION | Judah | Neighbor Nations | Babylon | |||||
| TIME | 627-580 BC | |||||||
TIME LINE (BC)
WORLD EMPIRES: Assyria—Babylon———Persia—————————————————————————Greece———
Divided Kingdom————Southern Kingdom
—(70-year exile for Judah)—
| 873-853 BC | 722 BC | 587-6 BC | 539 BC | 516 BC | 458 BC | 445-3 BC | 331 BC |
| Elijah's Ministry | Israel conquered by Assyria | Judah conquered by Babylon | Persians conquer Babylon. Judah's Exiles return #1 | Temple rebuilt | Ezra's mission to Judah. Return #2 | Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's walls. Return #3 | Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great |