Jeremiah prophesied just before and in the earliest days of the exile, early 500s BC.
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1:16 -- judgment because Judah has served other gods
2:5 -- worthless idols (love God)
2:11 -- You have changed gods (love God)
Chapter 2 -- other gods
2:34 -- lifeblood of the poor (social justice)
3:6 -- other gods (love God)
Chapter 3 -- judgment for not serving God (other gods)
5:1-2 -- do not deal honestly with each other (social justice)
5:19 -- destruction because you have served other gods
5:27-28 -- leaders are fat and rich; they don't protect the fatherless or the poor (social justice)
6:6 -- Jerusalem full of oppression (concrete wrongs to others)
6:10 -- they do not listen to God (love God)
6:13 -- they are greedy for gain (social justice)
6:28 -- they act corruptly
7:5 -- They need to act justly: not to oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, not to shed innocent blood or serve other gods to their own harm (SOCIAL JUSTICE)
7:9 -- They steal, murder, commit adultery, commit perjury, follow other gods (concrete wrongs, love God)
7:18-19 -- serving other gods is harming yourself (love God)
7:22 -- sacrifices, who cares
7:30 -- idols in God's house (love God)
Chapter 8 -- judgment coming
9:4-5, 8 -- deception and lying in Israel; they set traps (concrete wrongs to others)
10:15 -- idols are pointless (love God)
11:7-8 -- Israel did not obey God, did not keep covenant (love God)
11:13 -- worshiped other gods (love God)
Chapter 12 -- judgment, 6 liars
13:27 -- shameless acts in relation to other gods (love God)
14:20 -- sinned against Yahweh (love God)
Chapter 15 -- judgment
16:11 -- Israel is being judged because it served other gods, did not keep Law (love God)
16:18 -- idols (love God)
17:2 -- idols (love God)
17:21-22, 27 -- keep the Sabbath (love God)
18:11 -- evil ways, judgment coming
19:4 -- blood of the innocent (concrete wrongs to others)
19:5 -- burn their children in the fire to Ba'al (love God)
19:13 -- other gods (love God)
20:13 -- the needy
21:12 -- the oppressor (oppression)
22:3 -- rescue the oppressed, the robbed, do not hurt the foreigner, fatherless, or widow, do not shed innocent blood (social justice)
22:13 -- kings made the people work for nothing (oppression)
22:16 -- defending cause of the poor and needy, no dishonest gain or shedding of blood (social justice, concrete wrongs)
23:2-3 -- leaders have scattered flock of Israel
Chapter 23 -- God will bring them back (hope)
23:10. 14 -- land full of adulterers, false prophets
Chapter 24 -- mixed judgment and hope
25:6 -- don't serve other gods (love God)
25:12 -- judgment coming but you'll come back in 70 years (hope)
26:4 -- keep the Law
Chapter 26 -- repent or disaster is coming
27:9 -- don't listen to false prophets and mediums (love God)
Chapter 27 -- judgment coming but there is hope
Chapter 28 -- judgment is coming
Chapter 29 -- judgment is coming but also hope (29:11),
29:13 -- committed adultery with neighbor's wives, uttered lies (concrete wrongs to others)
Chapter 30 -- hope is coming (30:18)
Chapter 31 -- Hope for restoration, including the blind and the lame (31:8), will write laws on the hearts of Israel (31:33)
32:15, 43 -- hope that Israel will come back
32:30 -- judgment is coming because of Israel's persistent evil
32:34-35 -- set up idols in the temple (love God)
33:7, 11 -- hope that God will bring them back after judgment
33:15 -- hope for restoration of Davidic line
34:8-9 -- Zedekiah gives freedom to Hebrew slaves, although they change their minds 11, therefore judgment 17 (oppression, social justice)
35:14, 15 -- Israel has disobeyed God, served other gods and been wicked (love God)
36:7 -- Israel has wicked ways, judgment on Jehoiakim
Chapter 37-38 -- story of Jeremiah's imprisonment and time with Zedekiah
39:10 -- some poor left in Judah when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem
39:18 -- some who trusted Yahweh escape destruction
40:3 -- destruction came because Israel did not obey God (love God)
41:7 -- the poorest get to stay in land
Chapter 41 -- story of the assassination of Gedeliah
Chapter 42 -- don't go to Egypt, or you will die -- Jeremiah taken to Egypt
Chapter 43 -- more of the story, destruction on Egypt
44:3, 15, 19 -- worshiped other gods, disregarded the prophets (love God)
44:23 -- have not obeyed God
Chapter 45 -- judgment coming, Baruch
Chapter 46 -- judgment on Egypt but hope of restoration for Israel
Chapter 47 -- judgment on the Philistines
Chapter 48 -- judgment on Moab
Chapter 49 -- judgment on Ammonites, Damascus, Elamites, and others, but some will be restored (hope)
Chapter 50-51 -- judgment on Babylon, with Israel restored (hope)
Chapter 52 -- the destruction of Jerusalem, most of this is taken from 2 Kings 25
Summary: The overwhelming theme of Jeremiah is judgment for Israel's past sins. There is some strong hope also in the middle, especially around chapters 29-31. The core reason for judgment is that Judah has abandoned the worship of Yahweh. They are serving other gods and ignoring Yahweh's laws. These factors cannot be separated from concrete wrongdoing to others and the lack of justice in the land.
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