The MAJOR & MINOR Prophets - The 16 Writing Prophets Of The Hebrew Canon

1. A fortified city } 2. An Iron Pillar } Against whole land (kings, princes, priests, people) 3. Bronze walls }

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5. The Two Great Evils the Prophet Will Combat (2:13). An important part of Jeremiah ·V Commission was to know the problem God had with His people (Jeremiah 2:11-13): this was the bottom-line, stated in no uncertain terms! ´«0\ SHRSOH KDYH H[FKDQJHG WKHLU *ORU\ [the true and living God] for useless idols. Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. 7KLV LV WKH /25'·6 GHFODUDWLRQ For My people have committed a double evil: [1] They have abandoned Me [the true and living God], the fountain of living water, & [2] dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water. µ 19 ,VUDHO·V IRUVDNLQJ RI *RG LV DV irrational as if she had abandoned the clear, cool waters of a fresh running fountain for the stagnant muddy mixture of some cistern. But her folly is magnified when it is seen that the exchange was not only for the foul waters of a cistern, but for cisterns that were FUDFNHG EURNHQ DQG XQDEOH WR KROG ZDWHU DW DOO« H[FKDQJLQJ WKH RQO\ WUXH and living God for worthless idols ² broken cisterns. Such apostasy could no longer remain XQSXQLVKHG« 20 Hobart Freeman makes this well-stated observation:

Outline of the Book of Jeremiah

Note: The visions, miracles and oracles do not always appear in the text in chronological order.

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Background, Call & Preparation of Jeremiah (1:1-19)

A. God Chooses & Empowers (1:1-10) B. Prophetic Signs: An Almond Branch & a Boiling Pot (1:11-16) C. *RG·V $VVXUDQFH WR WKH 3URSKHW -19)

19 The Holman Christian Study Bible WUDQVODWLRQ , OLNH WKH ZD\ WKDW WKLV WUDQVODWLRQ UDLVHV WKH H[SUHVVLRQ ³7KXV VD\V WKH /25'´ WR D KLJKHU OHYHO RI LQWHQVLW\ DQG PHDQLQJ DV LQ Y ³7KLV LV WKH /25'´6 GHFODUDWLRQ ´ 6L[ WLPHV LQ FKDSWHU WKDW JU eat truth leaps out at the reader ± God is speaking! 20 Freeman , p. 239. Note: Jn 4 & 7:37; Isa 55:1; Rev 22:17.

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