Overview of Jeremiah: Literary Analysis
Posted: March 20, 2008 Filed under: Jeremiah Leave a comment
Outline
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Balchin |
MacArthur |
Wilkinson |
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1:1-19 Introduction
2:1- 6:30 Prologue to Judgment
7:1- 10:25 Speech for the Prosecution
11:1-13:27 Sentence Anticipated
14:1-20:18 Shadow of Doom
21:1-24:10 Life and Death
25:1-38 Conclusion
26:1-29:32 The 1st Book of Biography
30:1-33:26 The Book of Comfort
34:1- 44:30 The Second Book of Biography
45:1- 51:64 The Second Book of Judgment
52:-34 A Historical Appendix
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1:1-19 Preparation of Jeremiah
2:1-45:5Proclamations to Judah
46:1- 51:64 Proclamations of Judgment on the Nations
52:1-34 The Fall of Jerusalem |
1:1 -10 Jeremiah’s call
1:11—16 Jeremiah’s Sings
1:17-19 Jeremiah’s Assurance
2:1-25:38 The Condemnation of Judah
26:1- 29:32 The Conflicts of Jeremiah
30:1- 33:26 The Future Restoration of Jerusalem
34:1-45:5 The Present Fall of Jerusalem
46:1- 28 Prophecies against Egypt
47:1-7 Prophecies against Philistia
48:1-47 Prophecies against Moab
49:1-6 Prophecies against Ammom
49:7- 22 Prophecies against Edom
49:23-27 Prophecies against Damacus
49:28-33 Prophecies against Kedar and Hazor
49:34- 39 Prophecies against Elam
50:1 – 51:64 Prophecies against Babylon
52:1-11 The capture of Jerusalem
52:12-23 The deconstruction of Jerusalem
52:24-30 The exile to Babylon
52:31-34 The Liberation of Jehoiachin |
Materials
Again, a serious problem that exists in the book of Jeremiah is that the material has no structure or sequence to it. A good number of the smaller assortments placed in the book are given their own titles. This makes it hard for the reader to follow along and harder still to see importance of what the author is trying to get across in the larger sections. On the other hand, some sections are not even titled or identified in the book at all.[1]
Poetic
Throughout the book of Jeremiah, there are large sections of poetry that deal with the judgment of God, namely chapters 25 referring back to chapter 1.[2]
Symbolic
Like the preachers of their time and even today, Jeremiah used stories in order make his message more understandable. This is something that Jeremiah practices all throughout his book, for example, chapters 13, 16, 20, 27, 28, 43, 51. This way of using symbolic stories was an important part of an Old Testament prophet’s preaching, important in that it was how they related the Lord’s Word to their hearer.[3]
Gospel-Centered Musings 