Jeremiah: Profile of Courage

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JeremiahProfile of Courage

• Chapters 46-52
• Gods Justice Among Nations

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Jeremiah - Spring 2013
Week Topic
Mar 6 Dark Prophecies Introduction and Jeremiah 1-6
Mar 13 Dark Prophecies Jeremiah 1-6 continued
Mar 20 False Worship Jeremiah 7-10
Mar 27 Broken Promises, Shattered Pride Jeremiah 11-15
Apr 3 Sin Carved on the Heart Jeremiah 16-17
Apr 10 The Potter, Pot, and Fire Jeremiah 18-20
Apr 17 A Scattered Flock Jeremiah 21-24
Apr 24 Gods Law on the Heart Jeremiah 25-33
May 1 Broken Covenants Jeremiah 34-35
May 8 Gods Indestructible Word Jeremiah 36-38
May 15 Judgment and Justice Jeremiah 39-45
May 22 Gods Justice Among Nations Jeremiah 46-52
May 29 Summary of Jeremiah
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Todays Objectives

• Review last weeks lesson
• Provide overviews of Jeremiah 46-52
• Understand Babylons role with Israel
• Examine Gods messages to Egypt and the other
  nations in the region
• Sense the hope of restoration behind Gods
  discipline
• Appreciate the power of random acts of kindness

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Review of Last Weeks Lesson

• Provided overviews of Jeremiah 39-45
• Examined how the Babylonians finally conquered
  Jerusalem and what this meant to Jeremiah
• Understand why Gedaliah was assassinated
• Learn what happened to King Zedekiah and Jeremiah
• Empathized with the agonizing emotions of those
  headed for exile

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Date of Chapters 46-52

• Chapter 46-50 Around 605 B.C.
• In the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of
  Judah
• Chapter 51 After the fall of Jerusalem (560
  B.C.)
• Tell everyone in Zion! The LORD has taken
  revenge for what Babylon did to us.
• Chapter 52 560-538 B.C.
• After the fall of Jerusalem, perhaps after
  Jeremiahs death (see 5164 586 B.C.)
• Prior to Babylons defeat by Persians (538 B.C.)
• After Evil-Merodach freed Jehoiachin (560 B.C.)

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Last Five Kings of Judah
Name Father Reign (B.C.) What happened?
Josiah Ammon 640-608 Killed at Megiddo
Jehoahaz Josiah (4) 608 Pharaoh Necho II carried him into exile
Jehoiakim Josiah (2) 608-597 Rebelled against Babylon and killed
Jehoiachin Jehoiakim 597 Exiled to Babylon
Zedekiah Josiah (3) 597-586 Sons killed, blinded, then exiled to Babylon
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Nebuchadnezzar's Attacks on Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar's Attacks on Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar's Attacks on Jerusalem
Date Extent Result
605 B.C. Quick strike Sons of noble families deported for civil service (including Daniel)
597 B.C. Major Attack King Jehoiachin deposed leading families and skilled workers deported (Ezekiel included)
588-586 B.C. Total Destruction City and temple destroyed King Zedekiah blinded all but the poor deported
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Key People

• Jeremiah
• Served the last five kings of Judah
• Confidant of King Josiah (639-608 B.C.), King
  Jehoiakim (608-597 B.C.), and King Zedekiah
  (597-586 B.C.)
• Member of a priestly family and was from Anathoth
• Fled to Egypt with Beruch upon destruction of
  Jerusalem
• King Jehoiakim
• King of Judah, 608-597 B.C., corrupt and wicked
• Carried off in first Babylonian captivity (2 Ch
  366)
• King Zedekiah
• Gained the throne at age 21
• Last king of Judah, then Sent into exile
• His sons were killed and then he was blinded

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Key People

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Became King of Babylon in 605 B.C.
• Son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered
  Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid
  Nineveh in ruins
• Greatest and most powerful of all the Babylonian
  kings
• Defeated Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II at Carchemish
• Died in 562 B.C.
• Succeeded by his son Evil-Merodach (562-560 B.C.)

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Egypts Defeat at Carchemish (461-12)

• Jeremiahs first prophecy
• Fourth year of King Jehoiakim
• Temptation of Egypt
• Military strength
• Tempted the kings of Judah how?
• Tempted the people of Judah how?
• No place for Gods people
• Egypts defeat at Carchemish
• Jeremiah describes the humiliating defeat
• Brought Egypts domination in the region to an
  end
• Describes the terror Egyptian soldiers faced

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Egypts Defeat at Home (4613-24)

• Jeremiahs second prophecy
• Fate of Egyptian cities
• Migdol
• Memphis
• Tahpanhes
• Warned about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar
• God would use the Babylonians to defeat the
  Egyptians
• References Mount Tabor and Mount Carmel
• Metaphors used by Jeremiah
• Heifer and bull
• Stampede
• Snakes
• Wood cutters

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Hope for Egypt and Israel (4625-28)

• Jeremiahs Third Prophecy
• Concerning Egypt
• Immediate threat of destruction by Babylon
• Future of hope for Egypt and Israel
• Nations that blessed Israel would be blessed
• Nations that cursed Israel would receive Gods
  curse
• Egypt had done both
• Egypts curses
• Enslaved Israelites (Deut. 1612)
• Seduced the Israelites (Num. 115-6)

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Hope for Egypt and Israel (4625-28)

• Egypts blessing
• Welcomed Jacob and his sons (Exod. 11-7)
• Gods mercy (Isa. 1924 and Ezek. 2913-16)
• Punishment would come first
• All that counted on Egypt would be punished
• Babylons reach would extend to Thebes
• Focus on the two major cities in Upper and Lower
  Egypt

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Jeremiah 471-5227 In Brief

• Prophecies against other nations
• Philistia
• Moab
• Ammon
• Edom
• Damascus
• Kedar and Hazor
• Elam
• Babylon would also be judged (Ch 50-51)
• Bring the Medes to destroy Babylon
• With other countries of the north

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Judah in Captivity (5227-34)

• Summary of events for forty years
• Someone other than Jeremiah was the author
• 626 B.C. to 586 B.C.
• Jeremiah had warned of Gods coming judgment
• Near duplicate of II Kings 2418-2521
• Three separate deportations 597 B.C., 586 B.C.,
  and 581 B.C.
• Evil-Merodachs release of Jehoiachin

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Review

• Review last weeks lesson
• Provided overviews of Jeremiah 46-52
• Understand Babylons role with Israel
• Examine Gods messages to Egypt and the other
  nations in the region
• Sense the hope of restoration behind Gods
  discipline
• Appreciate the power of random acts of kindness
• Next week Review