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Jeremiah 1:1-19
Stand Your Post (Series: Jeremiah)

The Background and Summary of Jeremiah
In 640 BC Josiah became the king of Judah and the Assyrian Empire seemed unstoppable in the Middle East.

Jeremiah 1:1-3
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, 3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

When king Josiah was 16 he started tearing down, the false idols and repairing the temple. (2 Chronicles 34:3)

Josiah brought back the Levite priests and returned the Ark of the Covenant to the temple . (2 Chronicles 35:1-3)

When Josiah was 26 the “Book of the Law” was found in a storeroom. Josiah had it read out loud. (2 Chron. 34:14-21)

*Jeremiah 36:1-4 tells us how this book was put together.

(Jeremiah 1-24) Jeremiah’s writings before Israel’s exile. Jeremiah uses the metaphor of idolatry as adultery.

(Jeremiah 7) Jeremiah’s temple sermon reveals some Israelites were practicing child sacrifices.

In the first year of Babylon’s new king, Nebuchadnezzar, will conquer Israel and exile them for 70 years. (Jer. 25)

After Josiah’s death in 609 the entire nation of Judah was taken into captivity. (2 Chronicles 35-36)




Israel’s judgment and hope. (Jer. 26-45)

( 26-29) Israel’s leaders kept rejecting Jeremiah warnings.

(30-33) A group of messages of hope for Israel’s future. God will inscribe the laws of the Torah, not on tablets, but on the hearts of God’s people.

One day Israel will return back to the Land, and the Messiah will come from the line of David. Then all nations will recognize Israel’s God, as the One true God.

Sin won’t win. God’s mercy triumphs over judgment.

(34-45) Many stories about how Jerusalem was destroyed by Babylon and how Jeremiah was persecuted and finally kidnapped and taken to Egypt by Israelite rebels.

(Jer. 46-49) A collection of poems about God’s judgment and hope for the nations.

(Jer. 50-51) Poems about God’s coming judgment on Babylon. God doesn’t support their violence or their idolatry. Babylon has worshiped the wealth and violence of this world, and God will give them over to destruction.

(Jer. 52) Babylon’s final attack on Jerusalem, knocking down the city walls, burning the temple, and taking the people into exile.

Then a book ends with a story about Jehoiachin, the Israelite king, who is heir in the line of David. Babylon’s king releases him from prison and asks him to eat at the royal table for his whole life. A small picture of hope, reminding us of Jeremiah’s promise of hope in chapter 33.

Jeremiah was called to stand his post and witness all these prophecies taking place as God’s people suffered.

Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean we should move on. Where has God called you to stand your post, even at great cost?