outline of Jeremiah

1.  The Call of the Prophet (ch. 1)

2.  Oracles Chiefly on Judgment on Judah (chs. 2-20)

1. Calls to Repent and Images of Judgment (chs. 2-6)
2. The Lord's Freedom to Judge His People (chs. 7-10)
3. The Covenant Broken:  First Confessions (chs. 11-13)
4. The Drought; Jeremiah as Intercessor (chs. 14; 15)
5. Signs of Coming Judgment and a Confession (16:1-17:18)
6. A Sermon about the Sabbath (17:19-27)
7. The Potter, the Lord's Purposes, and the Trials of Jeremiah (chs. 18-20)

3.  The End of the Davidic Dynasty; Salvation Only Through Exile (chs. 21-24)

1. Judgment Against Kings (chs. 21; 22)
2. Judgment Against Prophets (ch. 23)
3. The Remaining Figs (ch. 24)

4.  The Necessity of Babylonian Dominance over the Nations (chs. 25-29)

1. Seventy Years of Captivity (ch. 25)
2. Arrest and Trial of Jeremiah (ch. 26)
3. The False Prophets (chs. 27-29)

5.  Promises of Restoration (chs. 30-33)

1. Return to the Land (ch. 30)
2. The New Covenant (ch. 31)
3. Certainty of the Lord's Deliverance (chs. 32; 33)

6.  Jerusalem's Last Days (chs. 34-39)

1. Rejection of the Word of the Lord (chs. 34-36)
2. Imprisonments of Jeremiah (chs. 37; 38)
3. The Fall of Jerusalem (ch. 39)

7.  The Aftermath of the Fall of Jerusalem (chs. 40-45)

1. The Governorship and Assassination of Gedaliah (40:1-41:10)
2. The Flight to Egypt; Prophecies There (41:11-44:30)
3. The Promise to Baruch (ch. 45)

8.  Oracles of Judgment Against the Nations (chs. 46-51)

1. Against Egypt (ch. 46)
2. Against Philistia (ch. 47)
3. Against Moab (ch. 48)
4. Against Ammon (49:1-6)
5. Against Edom (49:7-22)
6. Against Damascus (49:23-27)
7. Against Arabian Tribes (49:28-33)
8. Against Elam (49:34-39)
9. Against Babylon (chs. 50; 51)

9.  Appendix:  the Fall of Jerusalem (ch. 52)