Jeremiah 52 anchors prophecy in dates, names, and inventories to show judgment landing in history. Yet the book closes with daily bread for a captive king, signaling that God’s mercy still threads through the ruins.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Jeremiah 52 anchors prophecy in dates, names, and inventories to show judgment landing in history. Yet the book closes with daily bread for a captive king, signaling that God’s mercy still threads through the ruins.
Jeremiah 51 concentrates the Lord’s verdict on Babylon and his care for Zion. This study follows the chapter’s images and promises to show justice and mercy in God’s plan.
Babylon’s idols fall while a weeping remnant asks the way to Zion. Jeremiah 50 unites justice and mercy as God topples pride and leads his flock home under a strong Redeemer.
Near Bethlehem the remnant vows to obey and asks for guidance. God answers with a clear command to stay and a promise of protection, warning that Egypt’s safety is an illusion that turns into judgment.
Jeremiah 40 unfolds the sober work of rebuilding after judgment. A freed prophet, a careful governor, and a remnant at harvest show how God preserves seeds for future mercy.
Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem with calendar precision and personal mercy. Zedekiah is captured, the city burns, and yet the Lord preserves his prophet and promises life to a humble servant who trusted him.
Jeremiah 38 lowers a prophet into a muddy cistern and lifts him out by a foreigner’s hand. The Lord still offers life through surrender, exposing fear, calling for courage, and promising safety on his terms.
In Jeremiah 37 a brief lull tempts Judah to chase Egypt and ignore God’s voice. The prophet is beaten, moved to a courtyard, and kept alive by daily bread while the same unaltered word calls the city to heed the Lord.
Jeremiah 34 confronts oath-breaking under siege: a public release of Hebrew slaves is revoked, and God answers with a mirror verdict. The chapter ties worship to justice and shows mercy’s thread in Zedekiah’s promised end.
Jeremiah 29 meets God’s people in exile and calls them to patient, prayerful presence under his hand. Seventy years of waiting end in promised restoration and renewed fellowship with the God who listens.
Hananiah breaks Jeremiah’s yoke and promises a two-year turnaround. God answers with iron and verifies his word the same year, teaching communities to resist pleasant lies and to live inside God’s appointed season.
With a wooden yoke on his neck, Jeremiah tells kings and priests that life lies in submitting to God’s declared plan. The Lord will keep his promises, guarding even temple vessels “until the day I come for them,” and will restore in his time.
Jeremiah 25 names a measured judgment—seventy years—and a universal cup that even empires must drink. It teaches communities to listen now, endure under God’s clock, and hope in the Lord who disciplines to heal and governs to save.
Two baskets before the temple divide the community by response, not address. God calls exiles “good,” promises to build and plant them, and gives a heart to know him, while stubborn schemes collapse under sword, famine, and plague.