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PREFACE | v |
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INDEX OF CHAPTERS | vii |
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | ix |
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BOOK I |
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PERSONAL UTTERANCES AND NARRATIVES |
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CHAPTER I |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER II |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER III |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER IV |
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THE RECHABITES. xxxv. | 44 |
"Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before Me for ever."—xxxv. 19 | |
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CHAPTER V |
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BARUCH. xlv. | 54 |
"Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey."—xlv. 5 | |
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CHAPTER VI |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER V |
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BARUCH. xlv. | 54 |
"Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey."—xlv. 5 | |
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CHAPTER VII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER VIII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER IX |
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HANANIAH. xxvii., xxviii. | 115 |
"Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie."—xxviii. 15 | |
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CHAPTER X |
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES. xxix. | 131 |
"Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire."—xxix. 22 | |
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CHAPTER XI |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XIII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XIV |
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THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT. xlii., xliii. | 187 |
"They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah."—xliii. 7 | |
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CHAPTER XV |
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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 | |
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BOOK II |
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PROPHECIES CONCERNING FOREIGN NATIONS |
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CHAPTER XVI |
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JEHOVAH AND THE NATIONS. xxv. 15-38 | 211 |
"Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations."—xxv. 31 | |
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CHAPTER XVII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XVIII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XIX |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XX |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXI |
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EDOM. xlix. 7-22 | 243 |
"Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse."—xlix. 13 | |
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CHAPTER XXII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXIII |
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KEDAR AND HAZOR. xlix. 28-33 | 251 |
"Concerning Kedar, and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote."—xlix. 28 | |
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CHAPTER XXIV |
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ELAM. xlix. 34-39 | 255 |
"I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might."—xlix. 35 | |
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CHAPTER XXV |
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BABYLON. l., li. | 258 |
"Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."—l. 2 | |
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BOOK III |
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JEREMIAH'S TEACHING CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDAH |
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CHAPTER XXVI |
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INTRODUCTORY | 267 |
"I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."—xxxi. 1 | |
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CHAPTER XXVII |
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SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION | 270 |
"Very bad figs, ... too bad to be eaten."—xxiv. 2, 8, xxix. 17 | |
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CHAPTER XXVIII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXIX |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXX |
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RESTORATION—I. THE SYMBOL. xxxii. | 308 |
"And I bought the field of Hanameel."—xxxii. 9 | |
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CHAPTER XXXI |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXXIII |
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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 | |
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CHAPTER XXXIV |
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RESTORATION—V. REVIEW. xxx.-xxxiii. | 357 |
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EPILOGUE |
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CHAPTER XXXV |
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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 | |