Jeremiah and Lamentations

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
 Jeremiah and Lamentations
 CONTENTS
 JEREMIAH
 LAMENTATIONS
 GENERAL PREFACE
 AUTHOR\'S PREFACE
 CHIEF ABBREVIATIONS
 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES
 Jeremiah
 Lamentations
 Texts and versions
 JEREMIAH
 INTRODUCTION
 1. God\'s prophet
 2. Historical background
 The date of the fall of Jerusalem
 The spelling of a name
 3. The relationship between the Hebrew and the Greek text
 4. How did the book of Jeremiah originate?
 5. The verb šûb
 6. Two sets of metaphors
 7. Further literary features
 8. \'Falsehood\' in the book of Jeremiah20 9. The \'Confessions\' and the suffering of the prophet10. The Oracles Against the Nations
 11. Influences from Hosea and Amos
 12. The new covenant
 13. Jeremiah in the New Testament
 14. Division of the book
 ANALYSIS
 1. PROLOGUE AND BEGINNINGS (1:1-19)
 2. CALLS TO REPENTANCE AND WORDS OF JUDGMENT (2 --
6)
 3. THE COVENANT BROKEN: JEREMIAH\'S LAMENTS (7 --
20)
 4. CONCERNING KINGS (21 --
22)
 5. TRUE VERSUS FALSE PROPHECY (23 --
29)
 6. THE BOOK OF COMFORT (30 --
33)
 7. DEALINGS WITH ZEDEKIAH AND JEHOIAKIM (34 --
38)
 8. THE FINAL DAYS (39- 45)
 9. ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS (46 --
51) 10. EPILOGUE (52:1-34)COMMENTARY
 1. PROLOGUE AND BEGINNINGS (1:1-19)
 A. Prologue (1:1-19)
 i. A historical prophet (1:1-3)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 ii. A prophet commissioned (1:4-19)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 2. CALLS TO REPENTANCE AND WORDS OF JUDGMENT (2 --
6)
 A. A broken marriage (2:1-37)
 i. Religious and political adultery (2:1-19)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 ii. Consequences for a defiled and incorrigible nation (2:20-37)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 B. Turn, turn, turn! (3:1 --
4:4)
 Context
 i. Will God take his people back? (3:1-5)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning Ii. A tale of two sisters (3:6 --
4:4)Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 C. Chaos announced (4:5-31)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 D. Searching for the righteous (5:1-31)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 E. Tested and rejected (6:1-30)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 3. THE COVENANT BROKEN: JEREMIAH\'S LAMENTS (7 --
20)
 A. The loss of a covenant people (7:1 --
8:3)
 Context
 i. The temple is no talisman! (7:1-15)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 ii. Intercession prohibited (7:16-20)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 iii. Obedience better than sacrifices (7:21-28)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning Iv. Horrible practices lead to a horrible end (7:29 --
8:3)Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 B. A wounded nation (8:4 --
9:3)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 C. Analysis of a broken society (9:4-26)
 i. Lies and laments (9:4-22)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 ii. Boasting --
in what? (9:23-26)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 D. Of idols and judgment (10:1-25)
 i. Idols are \'nothings\' (10:1-16)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 ii. Variations on the theme of judgment (10:17-25)
 Context
 Comment
 Meaning
 E. Divine disappointment (11:1-17)
 Context
 i. Broken covenant (11:1-13)
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 Comment
 Meaning