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Jeremiah Index

Jeremiah was the chief author of the book that bears his name. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest in the line of Abiathar, who lived at Anathoth. Because he was raised in a Levitical tribe, Jeremiah learned a high regard for the law of the Lord and the importance of the temple and priesthood.

Jeremiah prophesied during the reigns of Judah’s last kings. His prophetic ministry was during the days of Josiah (640-609 B.C.) until Jerusalem’s fall in the reign of Zedekiah (598-586 B.C.). The prophet of the LORD GOD was a deeply spiritual man, and was completely dedicated to Him. In spite of his timid nature, he was able to overcome his shyness by his fervent love for God. Although Jeremiah’s message was one of inevitable judgment upon Judah, he also delivered news of great consolation. He spoke of God dealing again with a repentant people in a new covenant through which the promised blessings would be realized. His prophecy extended deeply into times to come, when the great final gathering of God’s people to Himself for the Messiah’s everlasting reign.

Jeremiah 1

1:1-3 Introduction
1:4-19 Jeremiah called

Jeremiah 2
2:1-8 Jeremiah’s message to sinful Israel

2:9-37 Israel’s sufferings the result of sin
Jeremiah 3

3:1-5 Judah turns from the Lord
3:6-19 Israel and Judah entreated to repent
3:20-25 A confession of sin

Jeremiah 4

4:1-4 God called Israel by his promise
4:5-18 Judah threatened with judgment
4:19-31 Jeremiah laments over Judah

Jeremiah 5

5:1-6 Perverseness
5:7-9 Adultery
5:10-17 Impiety
5:18-31 Spiritual and civil corruption

Jeremiah 6

6:1-30 The destruction of Judah

Jeremiah 7

7:1-20 Jeremiah calls for repentance

7:21-34 The punishment for Judah’s rebellion

Jeremiah 8

8:1-22 Jeremiah mourns the desperate state of the Jews

Jeremiah 9

9:1-16 Disobedience brings God’s judgment
9:17-22 An appeal for trust in God
9:23-26 Knowledge of God is man’s glory

Jeremiah 10

10:1-16 God and the idols
10:17-25 Exhortation to flee the coming judgment

Jeremiah 11

11:1-17 The broken covenant
11:18-23 The plot against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12

12:1-17 Jeremiah’s complaint and God’s answer

Jeremiah 13

13:1-11 The lesson from the marred girdle
13:12-27 The lesson from the filled bottles

Jeremiah 14

14:1-22 The message of the famine

Jeremiah 15

15:1-9 The Lord’s unyielding anger with Judah
15:10-14 Promise and threat
15:15-18 Jeremiah’s personal lament
15:19-21 The Lord’s assurance to Jeremiah

Jeremiah 16

16:1-21 Signs of the coming captivity

Jeremiah 17

17:1-6 The sin of Judah
17:7-18 The blessedness of trusting the Lord
17:19-27 The Sabbath must be kept

Jeremiah 18

18:1-17 The lesson from the potter
18:18-23 A plot and a prayer

Jeremiah 19

19:1-15 The lesson from the broken pottery

Jeremiah 20

20:1-6 Jeremiah imprisoned
20:7-18 Jeremiah’s lament

Jeremiah 21

21:1-10 The destruction of Jerusalem foretold
21:11-14 Denunciation of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 22

22:1-30 Prophecies against the kings of Judah

Jeremiah 23

23:1-8 The return of the remnant
23:9-40 False prophets

Jeremiah 24

24:1-10 The lesson from the good and bad figs

Jeremiah 25

25:1-14 Seventy years of desolation
25:15-38 The cup of wrath for all nations

Jeremiah 26

26:1-24 Jeremiah threatened with death

Jeremiah 27

27:1-7 The lesson of the yokes
27:8-22 Exhortation against false prophets

Jeremiah 28

28:1-9 The false prophecy of Hananiah
28:10-14 Hananiah breaks Jeremiah’s yoke
28:15-17 Jeremiah predicts Hananiah’s death

Jeremiah 29

29:1-9 Jeremiah’s letter to the captives
29:10-19 The promise of return
29:20-32 The fearful end of two lying prophets

Jeremiah 30

30:1-24 The promised return of the captives

Jeremiah 31

31:1-17 Restoration of Israel
31:18-22 Rachel’s mourning is comforted
31:23-30 Judah also to be restored
31:31-40 The new covenant

Jeremiah 32

32:1-15 Jeremiah buys a field at Anathoth
32:16-27 Jeremiah’s prayer
32:28-44 Jerusalem will be destroyed and restored

Jeremiah 33

33:1-9 A glorious return promised to the captives
33:10-13 Judah will be revived
33:14-16 A descendant of David will be king
33:17-26 The priesthood will continue

Jeremiah 34

34:1-7 Jeremiah’s warning to Zedekiah
34:8-22 The broken covenant concerning servants

Jeremiah 35

35:1-19 The obedience of the Rechabites

Jeremiah 36

36:1-10 Jeremiah’s scroll read by Baruch
36:11-32 The burning of the scroll

Jeremiah 37

37:1-15 Jeremiah imprisoned
37:16-21 Transferred to the court of the guard

Jeremiah 38

38:1-6 Jeremiah put in a dungeon
38:7-13 Jeremiah rescued from the dungeon
38:14-28 Zedekiah seeks advice from Jeremiah

Jeremiah 39

39:1-10 The fall of Jerusalem
39:11-14 Nebuchadnezzar’s care for Jeremiah
39:15-18 God’s promise of deliverance to Ebedmelech

Jeremiah 40

40:1-12 Jeremiah lives with Gedaliah
40:13-16 Ishmael’s conspiracy

Jeremiah 41

41:1-10 Ishmael murders Gedaliah
41:11-18 Johanan recovers the captives

Jeremiah 42

42:1-6 Jeremiah counsels Johanan
42:7-22 Johanan assured of safety and destruction

Jeremiah 43

43:1-7 The migration to Egypt
43:8-13 Nebuchadnezzar to conquer Egypt

Jeremiah 44

44:1-30 Jeremiah prophesies to the Jews in Egypt

Jeremiah 45

45:1-5 Jeremiah’s message to Baruch

Jeremiah 46

46:1-26 Prophecies concerning Egypt
46:27-28 Jeremiah comforts the Jews

Jeremiah 47

47:1-7 Prophecy against the Philistines

Jeremiah 48

48:1-47 Prophecy concerning Moab

Jeremiah 49

49:1-6 Prophecy concerning the Ammonites
49:7-22 Prophecy concerning Edom
49:23-27 Prophecy concerning Damascus
49:28-33 Prophecy concerning Kedar and Hazor
49:34-39 Prophecy concerning Elam

Jeremiah 50

50:1-46 Prophecy concerning Babylon

Jeremiah 51

51:1-64 The Lord’s judgment on Babylon

Jeremiah 52

52:1-3 The reign of Zedekiah
52:4-11 The fall of Jerusalem
52:12-30 The captivity of Judah
52:31-34 Jehoiachin released in Babylon

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Lamentations Index

Jeremiah is the author of the Book of Lamentations according to both Jewish and Christian traditions. It was composed after Jeremiah personally witnessed Judah’s downfall and the capture of Jerusalem. He records his great sorrow over the tragedy that befell his country and city, and over the people’s sin that invoked the LORD God’s severe judgment. Jeremiah urges repentance and encourages his people to rely on the sure mercies of God.

Lamentations consists of five poems. Each of the first four is composed as an acrostic of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. This familiar poetic device indicates that the author is covering his material thoroughly, in a way easy for his audience to understand and remember. The Jewish people read Lamentations every year on the date commemorating the destruction of the LORD God’s temple in Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1

1:1-22 The sorrows of captive Zion

Lamentations 2

2:1-22 Zion under judgment

Lamentations 3

3:1-66 Hope and relief through God’s mercy

Lamentations 4

4:1-22 The punishment of Zion is accomplished

Lamentations 5

5:1-22 Prayer of suffering

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Ezekiel Index

Ezekiel, the priest, and the son of Buzi is the author of this book. He was taken captive in 597 B.C. among the 10,000 deported by Nebuchadnezzar during his second campaign against Judah. As one of three priest-prophets in the Old Testament (including Jeremiah and Zechariah), Ezekiel emphasized the concerns of the priest: the glory of the Lord, priestly duties, and both the present and future temples.

All of Ezekiel’s ministry, except for visionary glimpses of life in Jerusalem, took place in Babylon. Since he prophesied both before and after the destruction of Jerusalem during Nebucahnezzar’s third campaign (586 B.C.), his early prophecies emphasize the impending disaster; his later prophecies stress Israel’s future restoration, especially their glorious new temple.

Ezekiel 1

1:1-28 Ezekiel’s vision of God’s glory

Ezekiel 2

2:1-10 The call of Ezekiel

Ezekiel 3

3:1-15 The commission of Ezekiel
3:16-21 The responsibility of the prophet
3:22-27 The prophet made dumb

Ezekiel 4

4:1-17 Symbols of the siege: the tile and the iron pan

Ezekiel 5

5:1-17 The sign of the sharp knife, razor and balances

Ezekiel 6

6:1-7 The prophecy against the mountains of Israel
6:8-10 A remnant will escape judgment
6:11-14 The land will be made desolate

Ezekiel 7

7:1-27 The judgment upon Israel

Ezekiel 8

8:1-18 The vision of the abominations in Jerusalem

Ezekiel 9

9:1-11 Vision of the slaughter of the guilty

Ezekiel 10

10:1-22 God’s Glory departs from the temple

Ezekiel 11

11:1-12 Evil princes rebuked
11:13-25 The promise of restoration and renewal

Ezekiel 12

12:1-28 Symbols of removal into captivity

Ezekiel 13

13:1-16 False prophets condemned
13:17-23 Against the prophetesses

Ezekiel 14

14:1-11 Judgments on idolaters who consult a prophet
14:12-23 Judgments on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 15

15:1-8 Jerusalem like a useless vine

Ezekiel 16

16:1-58 Jerusalem’s unfaithfulness
16:59-63 God will remember his promises

Ezekiel 17

17:1-24 The parable of the eagles and the vine

Ezekiel 18

18:1-20 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die”
18:21-32 The way of the Lord is just

Ezekiel 19

19:1-14 Lamentation for the princes of Israel

Ezekiel 20

20:1-44 The history of rebellious Israel
20:45-49 The prophecy against the South

Ezekiel 21

21:1-27 The sword of the Lord
21:28-32 Judgment on the Ammonites

Ezekiel 22

22:1-22 The sins of Jerusalem
22:23-31 The sins of the priests, princes, and prophets

Ezekiel 23

23:1-35 The parable of the two sisters
23:36-49 The abominations of the two sisters

Ezekiel 24

24:1-14 The parable of the boiling pot
24:15-27 The death of Ezekiel’s wife

Ezekiel 25

25:1-7 The prophecy against the Ammonites
25:8-11 The prophecy against Moab
25:12-14 The prophecy against Edom
25:15-17 The prophecy against the Philistines

Ezekiel 26

26:1-21 Prophecies against Tyrus

Ezekiel 27

27:1-36 The lamentation over Tyrus

Ezekiel 28

28:1-19 The prince of Tyrus rebuked
28:20-26 The prophecy against Zidon

Ezekiel 29

29:1-16 Prophecies against Egypt
29:17-20 Nebuchadrezzar to seize Egypt
29:21 A promise to Israel

Ezekiel 30

30:1-26 The fall of Egypt

Ezekiel 31

31:1-18 Prophecies against Pharaoh

Ezekiel 32

32:1-16 A lamentation over Pharaoh
32:17-32 A lamentation over Egypt

Ezekiel 33

33:1-9 The watchman’s duty
33:10-20 God’s dealings are just
33:21-29 The news of Jerusalem’s fall
33:30-33 Ezekiel will be vindicated

Ezekiel 34

34:1-16 Prophecy against the sinful shepherds of Israel
34:17-31 The Lord’s care for his flock

Ezekiel 35

35:1-15 Prophecy against Mount Seir

Ezekiel 36

36:1-15 The future restoration of Israel
36:16-38 A new heart and a new spirit

Ezekiel 37

37:1-14 The valley of dry bones
37:15-28 Restoration of united Israel

Ezekiel 38

38:1-23 Prophecy against Gog

Ezekiel 39

39:1-29 The prophecy against Gog – slaughtered to be buried

Ezekiel 40

40:1-49 The vision of the temple

Ezekiel 41

41:1-26 The measuring of the temple

Ezekiel 42

42:1-20 The measuring of the temple (continued)

Ezekiel 43

43:1-5 The glory of the Lord fills the Temple
43:6-27 The laws of the temple

Ezekiel 44

44:1-8 The gate of the prince
44:9-31 Instructions for the priests

Ezekiel 45

45:1-6 A portion of the land to be saved for the Lord
45:7-25 The prince and the land

Ezekiel 46

46:1-18 The worship of the prince
46:19-24 The guilt offering

Ezekiel 47

47:1-12 The river flowing from the temple
47:13-23 The boundaries and divisions of the land

Ezekiel 48

48:1-35 The division of the land

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Daniel Index

The Book of Daniel was written during the lifetime of the prophet in the sixth century B.C., while the Kings Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar and Cyrus ruled Babylon. It presents a divine philosophy of history and the LORD God is represented as the Sovereign over it all. Daniel provides a prophetic framework for the “the time of the Gentiles” and is a major work of prophesy that is needed to fully understand the Book of Revelation. The “seventieth week” in Daniel 9:27 is prophesy that most evangelical and fundamental Christians are watching for expectantly, to reveal the near completion of the prophesied things that will lead to Christ’s second coming.

Daniel 1

1:1-21 The education of Belteshazzar and his friends

Daniel 2

2:1-11 Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams
2:12-25 Daniel volunteers to interpret the king’s dream
2:26-45 The dream and it’s interpretation
2:46-49 Nebuchadnezzar rewards Daniel

Daniel 3

3:1-7 Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image
3:8-30 The deliverance from the fiery furnace

Daniel 4

4:1-18 Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of a tree
4:19-37 Nebuchadnezzar’s affliction

Daniel 5

5:1-4 King Belshazzar’s feast
5:5-12 The handwriting on the wall
5:13-16 Daniel is summoned
5:17-31 Daniel interprets the writing

Daniel 6

6:1-13 The plot against Daniel
6:14-28 Daniel in the lions’ den

Daniel 7

7:1-14 Daniel’s vision of the four beasts
7:15-28 The interpretation of the vision of the four beasts

Daniel 8

8:1-9 Daniel’s vision of the ram and goat
8:10-14 The transgression of desolation
8:15-27 The vision of the ram and the goat interpreted

Daniel 9

9:1-19 Daniel’s prayer for his people
9:20-27 The vision of the seventy weeks

Daniel 10

10:1-21 Daniel’s vision by the great river

Daniel 11

11:1-45 The king of the south and the king of the north

Daniel 12

12:1-13 The time of the end

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Hosea Index

In a national call to repentance, Hosea’s prophecy gave Israel an example of its spiritual idolatry, yet portrayed God’s love for Israel in spite of her spiritual infidelity. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, and his ministry extended from about 770 to 725 B.C. Hosea, a weeping prophet, was a citizen of the northern kingdom like his counterpart Jeremiah to the south. Hosea’s prophesy is characterized by intense emotion as the prophet’s personal tragedy is transferred and applied to the nation. Because of the tragic details of his personal life, Hosea has been known as the brokenhearted prophet. His sorrow provides a good illustration of the brokenhearted Lord in His relationship with sinful mankind.

Hosea 1

1:1-11 Hosea’s unfaithful wife

Hosea 2

2:1-13 The Lord’s love for his unfaithful people
2:14-23 Israel is restored

Hosea 3

3:1-5 Hosea and the adulteress

Hosea 4

4:1-19 The Lord’s controversy with Israel

Hosea 5

5:1-14 God’s displeasure with Israel
5:15 Israel’s insincere repentance

Hosea 6

6:1-11 Israel’s reply to God’s admonishment

Hosea 7

7:1-16 Israel has rebelled against God

Hosea 8

8:1-14 Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

Hosea 9

9:1-17 “The days of visitation are come”

Hosea 10

10:1-15 The punishment of Israel

Hosea 11

11:1-12 God’s love for faithless Israel

Hosea 12

12:1-14 Ephraim’s sins rebuked by God

Hosea 13

13:1-16 Ephraim’s destruction foretold

Hosea 14

14:1-9 Israel entreated to return to the Lord

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Joel Index

Joel, the son of Pethuel, was one of the earliest prophets of Judah, the southern kingdom. He was a contemporary of both Hosea and Amos, ministers of the northern kingdom. His frequent calls to blow trumpet in Zion, to consecrate a fast, to proclaim a solemn assembly, and to gather the people together to come before the Lord lend credence to the view that the prophecy was issued from the temple court. Two great events are compared in the course of Joel’s prophecy: (1) the locust plague upon Judah in the days of the prophet, and (2) the far greater coming day of the Lord. The latter is patterned in the figure of the former.

Joel 1

1:1-12 The locust plague in Judah
1:13-20 Joel’s warning and intercession

Joel 2

2:1-17 Call to repentance and fasting
2:18-27 God’s response and promise
2:28-32 The outpouring of God’s spirit

Joel 3

3:1-21 Judgment on the nations

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Amos Index

Amos pronounces judgment on Israel’s enemies, before delivering the main burden of judgment against Israel herself. His courageous and unusually stern prophesy was issued primarily at Bethel, the seat of idolatry in the northern kingdom. He attacks Satan’s stronghold, Bethel, and when he is opposed by the idolatrous priest, Amaziah, becomes even bolder in his preaching. Amos was God’s messenger to call the nation Israel to become responsible and accountable to the national sins she had committed against God.

Amos 1

1:1-2 Judgments on Israel’s neighbors
1:3-5 Damascus
1:6-8 Gaza
1:9-10 Tyrus
1:11-12 Edom
1:13-15 Ammon

Amos 2

2:1-3 Moab
2:4-5 Judah
2:6-16 Judgment on Israel

Amos 3

3:1-8 The lion roars
3:9-15 The condemnation of Samaria

Amos 4

4:1-3 The depravity of Israel
4:4-13 God’s punishments have not reformed Israel

Amos 5

5:1-27 A call to repentance

Amos 6

6:1-14 The judgment on Israel

Amos 7

7:1-3 The grasshoppers

7:4-6 The fire
7:7-9 The plumb line
7:10-17 Amos and Amaziah

Amos 8

8:1-3 The basket of summer fruit
8:4-14 The imminent judgment

Amos 9

9:1-10 The Lord’s judgments inescapable
9:11-15 The future restoration of Israel

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Obadiah Index

Obadiah’s prophecy was written in Hebrew poetry, and delivered with intense emotion. The authorship and the date of prophecy are unknown. The purpose for the prophesy of Obadiah is to pronounce God’s judgment on Edom (Esau) because of his actions toward his brother Judah (Jacob). This pronouncement leads to the eventual doom when Jesus Christ executes judgment of God on Edom and her allies.

Obadiah 1

1:1-9 Natural security for Edom
1:10-14 Judah’s misfortunes
1:15-16 Edom’s fate
1:17-21 Israel’s ultimate triumph

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Jonah Index

Jonah was a prophet whose message was fulfilled during the reign of Jeroboam II, who reigned from 793 to 752 B.C. The prophecy was given when Assyria was becoming a great world power and imminent threat to Israel. The purpose of Jonah’s prophecy is to show the sovereignty of God at work in the life of an individual, and his concern for a heathen nation. Jonah’s struggles and mistakes made in carrying the message to an unbelieving people, exemplifies the commitment necessary to truly walk the walk of Christ as a person belonging to the LORD GOD as He leads His Words and Way to be spread where He Wills.

Jonah 1

1:1-2 Jonah commissioned
1:3 Jonah flees from God
1:4-17 The storm at sea and swallowed by the great fish

Jonah 2

2:1-10 Jonah’s prayer and God’s answer

Jonah 3

3:1-4 Jonah’s second commission
3:5-10 Nineveh repents

Jonah 4

4:1-3 Jonah’s displeasure
4:4-11 God’s lesson to Jonah

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Micah Index

Micah’s prophesy dates according to the southern kings Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. These kings of Judah reigned from about 752 to 697 B.C. One of the most wicked kings of all Judah’s history, King Ahaz, is the focus of much of Micah’s prophesy. While the dark picture presented by Micah’s prophecy reflects the reign of King Ahaz, the brighter aspects reflect the godly rule under King Hezekiah.

One of Micah’s most important prophecies concerns the preexistence and human birth of the Messiah at Bethlehem, and affords a demonstration of the accuracy and certainty of the fulfillment of prophecy through God’s Will. The purpose of Micah’s prophecy is to face the people with their sins and the word of God’s judgment that must come upon them as a result of their persistent sinning, and to speak of the future restoration after the Babylonian captivity as well as ultimately, the restoration at the Millennium.

Micah 1

1:1-16 Judgment on Samaria and Jerusalem

Micah 2

2:1-11 Woe to the oppressor of the poor
2:12-13 The promise to the remnant

Micah 3

3:1-4 Judgment on Israel’s leaders
3:5-12 Judgment on the prophets

Micah 4

4:1-13 Swords into plowshares

Micah 5

5:1-15 The deliverers from Bethlehem

Micah 6

6:1-5 The Lord’s contention with Israel
6:6-16 The requirements of the Lord

Micah 7

7:1-7 The moral sins of Israel
7:8-20 God’s concern for his people