| General Editors' Preface |
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11 | (2) |
| Acknowledgments |
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13 | (2) |
| Abbreviations |
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15 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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17 | (4) |
| Introduction |
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21 | (1) |
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The Importance of the Book of Jeremiah |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (2) |
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Content, Genre, and Structure |
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26 | (5) |
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Hebrew Text Traditions of Jeremiah |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (8) |
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32 | (1) |
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The Sovereign God's Special Relationship to Israel |
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32 | (1) |
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The Sovereign God of the Nations |
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33 | (1) |
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The Sovereign Judge of Judah |
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34 | (1) |
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The Sovereign God's Promise of Israel's Healing and Restoration |
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35 | (1) |
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God's Sovereignty and Freedom |
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36 | (1) |
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The Sovereign God's Sovereign Word |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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``Build and Plant'': A New Phase in the Prophet's Ministry (26:1-24) |
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39 | (21) |
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The Temple Sermon (26:1-6) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (5) |
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Support for the Verdict (26:17-19) |
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51 | (2) |
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The Unlucky Uriah (26:20-23) |
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53 | (2) |
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Jeremiah's Escape from Death (26:24) |
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55 | (5) |
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``Build and Plant'': The Judean Question About the Yoke of Babylon (27:1---29:32) |
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60 | (42) |
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Submit to Babylon (27:1-22) |
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61 | (12) |
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Yahweh's Command to Jeremiah (27:1-4) |
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62 | (2) |
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Yahweh's Message to the Kings (27:5-11) |
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64 | (3) |
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Yahweh's Word to Zedekiah (27:12-15) |
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67 | (2) |
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Yahweh's Word to the Priests and the People (27:16-18) |
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69 | (1) |
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Yahweh's Word About Pillars, Fixed Objects, and the Remaining Vessels (27:19-22) |
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70 | (3) |
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The Prophet Encounters the Prophet (28:1-17) |
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73 | (10) |
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The Prophet vs. the Prophet---Round One (28:1-4) |
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74 | (2) |
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The Prophet vs. the Prophet---Round Two (28:5-9) |
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76 | (2) |
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The Prophet vs. the Prophet---Round Three (28:10-11) |
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78 | (1) |
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The Prophet vs. the Prophet---Round Four (28:12-17) |
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79 | (4) |
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An Unwelcome Letter (29:1-32) |
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83 | (19) |
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Unpack and Settle Down in Babylon (29:1-14) |
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86 | (7) |
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Another Word to the Bad Figs (29:15-19) |
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93 | (1) |
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Because They Have Committed Folly (29:20-23) |
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94 | (1) |
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Aren't You in Charge? (29:24-28) |
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95 | (2) |
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He Will Not See the Good (29:29-32) |
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97 | (5) |
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``Build and Plant'': The Promise of Restoration (30:1---33:26) |
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102 | (86) |
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Yahweh Promises to Restore Judah and Israel (30:1---31:40) |
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103 | (63) |
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105 | (2) |
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Comfort to Those Who Mourn (30:4-7, 8-11) |
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107 | (7) |
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I Will Heal You (30:12-17) |
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114 | (4) |
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A City Shall Be Built on Its Mound (30:18-22) |
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118 | (4) |
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The Tempest of Yahweh (30:23-24) |
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122 | (2) |
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The Promise of Grace in the Wilderness (31:1-6) |
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124 | (4) |
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With Weeping and Rejoicing They Shall Return (31:7-14) |
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128 | (8) |
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Yahweh Comforts Rachel and Ephraim (31:15-22) |
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136 | (8) |
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A Pleasant Dream (31:23-26) |
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144 | (2) |
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All Shall Die for Their Own Sins (31:27-30) |
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146 | (4) |
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The New Covenant (31:31-34) |
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150 | (11) |
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Yahweh's Enduring Relationship with Israel (31:35-37) |
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161 | (2) |
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The Rebuilding of Jerusalem (31:38-40) |
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163 | (3) |
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Jeremiah's Confident Hope in the Future of Judah (32:1-44) |
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166 | (12) |
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Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment (32:1-5) |
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167 | (1) |
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Jeremiah Purchases Hanamel's Field (32:6-15) |
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168 | (3) |
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Jeremiah's Prayer (32:16-25) |
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171 | (2) |
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Yahweh's Response (32:16-44) |
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173 | (5) |
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The Full Restoration of Israel (33:1-26) |
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178 | (10) |
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The Promise of Healing, Prosperity, and Security (33:1-13) |
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179 | (1) |
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Yahweh's Promise to Jeremiah (33:1-3) |
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179 | (1) |
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The Restoration of Jerusalem (33:4-9) |
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179 | (2) |
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A Place of Joy and Thanksgiving (33:10-11) |
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181 | (1) |
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The Restoration of Pastoral Life (33:12-13) |
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182 | (1) |
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Yahweh's Faithfulness to His Covenants (33:14-26) |
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182 | (1) |
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A Righteous Branch for David (33:14-16) |
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182 | (1) |
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Davidic Kings and Levitical Priests (33:17-18) |
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183 | (1) |
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Yahweh's Eternal Covenants (33:19-22) |
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184 | (1) |
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God's Fidelity to Israel (33:23-26) |
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185 | (3) |
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``Build and Plant'': Destruction Before Restoration (34:1-22) |
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188 | (8) |
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A Tragic but Hopeful Word to Zedekiah (34:1-7) |
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190 | (1) |
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The Consequence of Covenant Breaking (34:8-22) |
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191 | (5) |
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``Build and Plant'': Fidelity in Relationship (35:1-19) |
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196 | (7) |
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198 | (1) |
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The Message to Judah (35:12-17) |
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199 | (2) |
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The Message to the Recabites (35:18-19) |
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201 | (2) |
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``Build and Plant'': A Defiant King and the Indestructible Word (36:1-32) |
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203 | (9) |
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Production of the First Scroll (36:1-7) |
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205 | (2) |
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Baruch's First Reading (36:8-13) |
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207 | (1) |
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Baruch's Second Reading (36:14-19) |
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207 | (1) |
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Third Reading and Destruction of the First Scroll (36:20-26) |
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208 | (1) |
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Production of the Second Scroll (36:27-32) |
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209 | (3) |
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``Build and Plant'': The Death of a Nation (37:1---44:30) |
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212 | (51) |
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Zedekiah-Jeremiah Encounters with Interludes (37:1---38:28a) |
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213 | (11) |
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Prelude: Introduction of King Zedekiah (37:1-2) |
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213 | (1) |
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Zedekiah Sends Officials to Jeremiah (37:3-10) |
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214 | (1) |
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Interlude: Jeremiah Accused of Treason (37:11-16) |
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215 | (1) |
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Jeremiah Meets Zedekiah in the Palace (37:17-21) |
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216 | (1) |
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Interlude: Jeremiah Accused of Treason Again (38:1-13) |
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217 | (3) |
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Jeremiah Meets Zedekiah at the Temple (38:14-28a) |
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220 | (4) |
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The Fall of Jerusalem (38:28b---39:18) |
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224 | (11) |
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Summary Statement (38:28b---39:3) |
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224 | (2) |
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Zedekiah After the Fall (39:4-10) |
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226 | (3) |
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Jeremiah After the Fall (39:11-14) |
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229 | (3) |
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Oracle of Comfort to Ebed-Melech (39:15-18) |
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232 | (3) |
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Judah Becomes a Province of Babylon (40:1---41:18) |
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235 | (8) |
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Jeremiah's Support of Gedaliah (40:1-6) |
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235 | (2) |
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Gedaliah as Governor (40:7-12) |
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237 | (1) |
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The Rebellion of Ishmael (40:13---41:18) |
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238 | (5) |
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The ``End'' of Life in Judah (42:1---43:7) |
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243 | (8) |
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Request for an Oracle (42:1-6) |
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244 | (2) |
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Oracle: Do Not Go to Egypt (42:7-22) |
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246 | (3) |
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Response: Jeremiah Is Lying (43:1-7) |
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249 | (2) |
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A Sign-Act and the First Two Oracles in Tahpanhes (43:8-13;44:1-14) |
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251 | (5) |
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Debate with the Devotees of the Queen of Heaven (44:15-30) |
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256 | (7) |
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``Build and Plant'': Yahweh's Word to Baruch (45:1-5) |
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263 | (5) |
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``Build and Plant'': Oracles Against the Nations (46:1---51:64) |
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268 | (37) |
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271 | (6) |
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Against Philistia (47:1-7) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (4) |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (1) |
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Against Damascus (49:23-27) |
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286 | (1) |
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Against Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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Against Babylon (50:1---51:64) |
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289 | (16) |
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``Build and Plant'': The Fall of Jerusalem---Reprise (52:1-34) |
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(Re-)Introduction of Zedekiah (52:1-3) |
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Siege, Fall, and Destruction of Jerusalem (52:4-27) |
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Counting the Cost (52:28-30) |
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The Ending That Does Not End (52:31-34) |
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