Last Week’s Outline

XI. Events After the Fall of Jerusalem (40:1–45:5)

1. Release of Jeremiah (40:1–6)

2. The Governorship of Gedaliah (40:7–41:18)

(1) The People’s Response to Gedaliah’s Appointment (40:7–12)

(2) A Warning to Gedaliah of an Assassination Plot (40:13–16)

(3) The Assassination of Gedaliah (41:1–3)

(4) Other Violent Acts by Ishmael (41:4–10)

(5) Rescue of Ishmael’s Captives (41:11–18)

3. The Flight to Egypt (42:1–43:7)

(1) A Request for Jeremiah’s Advice (42:1–6)

(2) Jeremiah’s Advice to the People (42:7–22)

Picking up on 04/03/2024:

(3) Rejection of Jeremiah’s Advice (43:1–3)

(4) The Journey to Egypt (43:4–7)

4. Jeremiah’s Messages in Egypt (43:8–44:30)

(1) A Symbolic Announcement of Egypt’s Fate (43:8–13)

(2) Condemnation of Idolatry in Egypt (44:1–14)

(3) Allegiance to the Queen of Heaven (44:15–19)

(4) Condemnation of the People’s Decision (44:20–28)

(5) A Sign of Punishment (44:29–30)

5. A Message to Baruch (45:1–5)

(1) Baruch’s Complaint (45:1–3)

(2) The Lord’s Assurance (45:4–5)

Outline from F. B. Huey, Jeremiah, Lamentations, vol. 16, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993), 361-371.

Bible Reading From The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Je 43–45:5.