Jeremiah 26-52, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Nahum

Jeremiah 26-52

Introduction to Jeremiah 26-52

Book 1: Jeremiah 26-36

A limited hope within the message of judgment

I. Jeremiah 26-29l Jeremiah counters the false word of hope

The response to the temple sermon / 26:1-24

The call to submit to Babylon / 27:1-22

Prophet against prophet / 28:1-17

Jeremiah's letter to the exiles / 29:1-32

II. Jeremiah 30-33. The "book of consolation"

A special word on chapters 30-31

"Fear not, O Jacob my servant!" / 30:1-31

"I will make a new covenant" / 31:1-40

Investing in the future / 32:1-15

Jeremiah's prayer / 32:16-44

The promise to Jerusalem and Judah / 33:1-26

III. Jeremiah 34-36. Warnings to attend to the waning

"Obey the Word of the Lord, Zedekiah!" / 34:1-22

The rigorism of the Rechabites / 35:1-19

Jehoiakim rejects Jeremiah's words / 36:1-32

Book 2: Jeremiah 37-45

Jeremiah's life during the final days of Judah

I. Jeremiah 37-38. Fainthearted Zedekiah confronts Jeremiah

Jeremiah in prison / 37:1-21

A second story of Jeremiah's arrest / 38:1-28

II. Jeremiah 39-45. Jeremiah after the fall

Jeremiah's release and freedom / 39:1-18

An upright governor, Gedeliah / 40:1-16

The abomination of Ishmael / 41:1-18

Jeremiah's warning against going to Egypt / 42:1-122

Jeremiah taken into Egypt / 43:1-13

Jeremiah's final warning / 44:1-45:5

Book 3: Jeremiah 46-51

Oracles against foreign nations

Oracles against Egypt / 46:1-28

Oracle against Philistines / 47:1-7

Oracles against Moab / 48:1-47

Oracles against Ammon and Edom / 49:1-22

Oracles against Damascus, Kedar and Elam / 49:23-39

Warning and curse of Babylon / 50:1-32

The Redeemer comes in power / 50:33-46

God's punishment of Babylon / 51:1-33

Babylon's fate / 51:34-58

Thus shall Babylon sink / 51:59-64

Book 4: Jeremiah 52

Appendix from 2 Kgs. 24:18-25:30

The Book of Habakkuk

Introduction

The New Testament and Habakkuk

Date od origin of the book

History of interpretation

Cultic prophecy and Habakkuk

Major themes

A cry for divine justice / Habakkuk 1:1-2:5a

Introduction / Habakkuk 2:5b-20

Judgment on the nations / 2:5b-20

The Psalm / Habakkuk 3:1-19

The Book of Zephaniah

Introduction

The historical background

The composition of the book

The structure of the book

The coming day of judgment / 1:1-2:3

Judgment day for the nations / 2:4-15

The call to Jerusalem to repent / 3:1-20

The Book of Nahum

Introduction

Date and origin

The Assyrian danger

Plan of the book

Oracles against enemies

Nahum and the cult

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three.