The Divided Kingdom II The Prophet Jeremiah

Quick Review of Divided Kingdom Judah Rehoboam – 17 yrs – Evil BC Abijah – 3 yrs – Evil BC Asa – 41 yrs – Good BC Jehoshaphat – 25 yrs – Good BC Israel Jeroboam – 22 yrs – Evil BC Nadab – 2 yrs – Evil BC Baasha – 24 yrs – Evil BC Elah – 2 yrs – Evil BC Zimri – 1 wk – Evil 876BC Omri – 12 yrs – Evil BC Ahab – 22 yrs - Evil BC

Quick Review of Divided Kingdom Judah Jehoram – 8 yrs – Evil BC Ahaziah – 1 yr – Evil 843BC Athaliah – 6 yrs – Evil BC Joash – 40 yrs – Evil BC Amaziah – 29 yrs - Good BC Uzziah – 52 yrs – Good Israel Ahaziah – 2 yrs – Evil BC Jehoram – 12 yrs – Evil BC Jehu – 28 yrs – Evil BC Jehoahaz – 17 yrs – Evil BC Jehoash – 16 yrs – Evil BC Jeroboam II - 41 yrs - Evil BC Zechariah – 6 months – Evil Shallum – 1 month – Evil Menahem – 10 years – Evil

Quick Review of Divided Kingdom Judah Uzziah – 52 yrs – Good Jotham – 16 years – Good Ahaz – 16 years – Evil Hezekiah – 29 years – Good Manasseh – 55 years – Evil Amon – 2 years – Evil Josiah – 31 years – Good Israel Pekahiah – 2 years – Evil Pekah – 20 years – Evil Hoshea – 9 years – Evil

Prophets of the DK The prophets during the Divided Kingdom – Obadiah – Judah in the days of Jehoram – Joel – Judah in the days of Joash – Jonah – Israel in the early days of Jeroboam II – Amos – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah – Hosea – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah – Isaiah – Judah in the days of Uzziah – Hezekiah – Micah – Judah in the days of Jotham – Hezekiah

Prophets of Judah Alone Zephaniah Jeremiah Nahum Habbakuk

The Kings Since Samaria Fell Hezekiah – Good king – Best since David – Instituted massive religious reforms – Tore down high places – God protected Jerusalem from Assyria’s attacks – Had sickness, but prayed and lived – Showed treasures to Babylon

The Kings Since Samaria Fell Manasseh – Most wicked king ever in Judah – Worshipped idols, human sacrifice, high places – Worse than the Amorites in the land before Israel – In his day, judgment was announced as inevitable (2 Kings 21:10-15) – Carried away to Babylon with a hook in his nose – Humbled himself and returned to Jerusalem, but was unable to undo the damage of his evil ways

The Kings Since Samaria Fell Amon – As evil as Manasseh, except he didn’t humble himself Josiah – Very good king, perhaps the best of all – Eliminated idols from the land – We begin today’s lesson early in his reign

Intro to Jeremiah This will not be a detailed study of Jeremiah The history in Jeremiah will be covered in its place in the narrative Jeremiah is a difficult book to organize chronologically and topically Jeremiah began his work in the days of Josiah and lasted until Jerusalem was captive Jeremiah dictated his work to Baruch who wrote it Jeremiah was a priest and prophet We will outline the book and give a summary of the first 20 chapters today

Outline of Jeremiah Prophecies about Judah and the kingdom of God (1-45) – Jeremiah’s call – Condemnation of Judah and Jerusalem (2-29) – Promise of restoration (30-33) – Punishment (34-45) Judgment against the nations (46-51) – Egypt, Philistines, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, Elam, Babylon Captivity of Judah (52)

Key Verses in Jeremiah 1-20 The call of Jeremiah (Ch. 1) God is faithful, yet Judah has forsaken Him (2:5,11-13) The gods are nothing, yet Judah worships them and is not ashamed (2:26-28, 35-36; 6:15-16; 8:12) God would take them back (3:1)

Key Verses in Jeremiah 1-20 Judah did not learn from Israel (3:6-13) Wickedness is hopelessly pervasive (5:1; 6:13) Jeremiah’s words are hard (5:14) Reason for the captivity (5:19, 30-31) God desires true repentance and worship (7:3-12, 21-23) Judgment is coming because of the sins introduced by Mannaseh (15:4; 7:30-34; 19:4-6)

Key Verses in Jeremiah 1-20 Judah has polluted the land with their idolatry (2:7; 3:2-3; 9:12-15) The judgment will be complete (13:19) The idols are nothing (10:3-5) Jeremiah is not to pray for Judah; they are past help (11:14; 13:23; 14:11-12) A glimpse of hope (12:14-17) The prophets are false (14:13-16)

Key Verses in Jeremiah 1-20 Jeremiah is not to marry (16:1-3) The sign of the potter and the broken flask (Ch ) The oppression by Pashur The internal strife of a prophet (20:7-9)