# The book of Jeremiah

> Jeremiah prophesied in Judah’s last 40 years and lived through Jerusalem’s fall. He warns, weeps, is jailed, and keeps speaking. In the middle of it he promises a new covenant written on the heart.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/about
Section: Major prophets · 52 chapters

## Who wrote Jeremiah?

Jeremiah dictated many of his messages to his scribe Baruch, and the book records this. It went through editing; the Greek version is shorter and arranged differently from the Hebrew.

## When was it written?

Jeremiah’s ministry ran about 627–580 BC.

## Main themes

- **A call to return.** Jeremiah pleads with Judah to turn back before it is too late.
- **The weeping prophet.** He shares God’s grief and his own.
- **The new covenant.** Chapter 31 promises God’s law written on hearts and sins forgiven.

## Outline

- Chapter 1: [Jeremiah’s call](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/1)
- Chapters 2–25: [Warnings to Judah](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/2)
- Chapters 26–29: [Conflict with false prophets and a letter to the exiles](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/26)
- Chapters 30–33: [The book of comfort](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/30)
- Chapters 34–45: [The siege, the fall, and after](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/34)
- Chapters 46–51: [Words to the nations](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/46)
- Chapter 52: [Jerusalem falls](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/52)

## Key verses

Quoted from the Lumin Translation.

> “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I set you apart; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
> — [Jeremiah 1:5](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/1#5)

> Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, whose trust is Yahweh.
> — [Jeremiah 17:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/17#7)

> For I myself know the plans I have in mind for you, declares Yahweh—plans for peace and not for disaster, to give you a future and something to hope for.
> — [Jeremiah 29:11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/29#11)

> For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares Yahweh: I will put my law inside them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
> — [Jeremiah 31:33](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/31#33)

## Where to start

Read chapter 1, then the letter to the exiles in 29 and the new covenant in 31. [Read Jeremiah 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/1.md)

Read the whole book: https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/1.md
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