Jeremiah Bible Study Resources

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Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Jeremiah.

Bible Study: Questions Jeremiah Answered

• Listen to the MP3s
• Jeremiah Study Questions
• Jeremiah NASB Study Text
• Jeremiah Chronology
• Jeremiah in the New Testament

Background & Outlines

• Chart: Bible History at a glance
• Blue Letter Bible: Old Testament Timeline
• Biblehub: Jeremiah Overview
• Biblehub: Jeremiah Chronology
• Biblehub: The Divided Kingdom
• Chart: Kings of Israel & Judah
• Bible Atlas: Assyria
• Bible Atlas: Babylon
• Bible Atlas: Jerusalem
• Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
• John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background

Bible Study Helps

• Bible Study 101
• Interpreting Prophecy
• Interpreting Hebrew Poetry
• Study Software & websites
• More Maps & Charts
• Hebrew word studies by Precepts Austin
• Books on how to study the Bible

Maps from Bible-History.com

• Assyrian Conquests
• Judah under Babylon
• Judah under Hezekiah
• Babylonian Empire
• Surrounding Empires

Maps from Studylight.org

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah  — The Rise of Assyria — Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah — The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III — Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites — The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel — Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria — Prophets of the 8th Century BCE

Judah Alone amid International Powers

Assyria in the 7th century BCE — The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire — The Reign of Josiah — The Districts of Judah under King Josiah — The Golden Age of King Josiah — Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns against Judah — Judah during the Exile — The Kingdom of Judah

The Persian Period

World Powers of the 6th century BCE  —  The Conquests of Cyrus the Great  —  The Persian Empire  —  The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah  —  Judah in the 5th century BCE  —  Palestine after the Exile

Key Words in Jeremiah (NAS95)

Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text.  “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses.

• Word of the LORD (52x/51v – 20% of all uses of this phrase in Scripture are by Jeremiah!),
• Heart/hearts (55x/48v),
• Faithless, faithlessness (8x/7v), Forsake (20x/18v), Forget (3x),
• Adultery, adulteries, adulterer (9x),
• Rebel, rebellious, rebellion (6x), Wicked, Wickedness (34x/30v), Evil/evils (53x/47v), Sin, sins, sinned (26x/25v), Iniquity, iniquities (24x/23v), Idol, images, gods, Baal (64x/56v)
• Woe (13x), Wrath (19x/18v),
• Famine (33x/30v), Calamity (27x), Destroy (56x/52v), Pluck (4x), Uproot (8x/6v)
• Babylon (169x in 149v – more than all other uses in Scripture combined!), Nations (Gentiles) (60x/55v)
• Covenant (24x/21v), Everlasting (10x/9v), Love (14x/13v), Hope (6x); Compassion (7x/6v), Lovingkindness (5x)
• Faithful/faithfulness (3x), Trust, trusted, trusting (18x/17v),
• Listen, hear, heed (96x), Remember (14x/13v), Return (35x/29v), Repent (6x), Turn/Turned Back (20x)
• Restore (18x), Heal/healed/healing/health (21x/15v); Plant (17x/15v), Build (12x)

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Commentaries

• Top 5 Commentaries on the Book of Jeremiah – Ligonier.org
• Best Commentaries on Jeremiah – Tim Challies
• Commentary Reviews: Jeremiah
• Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Jeremiah
• Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: Jeremiah
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Complete Commentary on the Bible: Jeremiah
• Geneva Study Bible: Jeremiah
• Reformation Study Bible Notes: Jeremiah
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Jeremiah