The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
Jeremiah
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At a Glance
יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmeyahu — "The LORD exalts") — Major prophetic voice to Israel and the nations
| Chapters | Chiasms | Intertextuality | Trajectories | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 52 | 124 | 41 | 6 |
Theme: Judgment and new covenant—the weeping prophet announcing both destruction and heart-transformation.
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| Chiasms | 52 | View all → |
| Intertextuality Pairs | 124 | View all → |
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| Longitudinal Themes | 6 | View all → |
Major Chiastic Structures
Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis
| Chiasm | Span | Center/Turning Point |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah 1:11 - 19 | 1:11-19 | — |
| Jeremiah 1:4 - 12 | 1:4-12 | — |
| Jeremiah 10:1 - 10 1 | 10:1-10 1 | — |
| Jeremiah 10:1 - 10 | 10:1-10 | none like You, You are great, fear You (6) |
| Jeremiah 10:11 - 11 1 | 10:11-11 1 | — |
Trajectory Tables
Typological studies tracing themes to Christ
| # | Trajectory | What It Traces |
|---|---|---|
| 002 | Abel — First Martyr | Righteous blood crying from the ground for vengeance, out-spoken by blood that speaks mercy. |
| 011 | Babylonian Exile — Judgment and Discipline | The covenant curse falling and the throne emptied, an exile ended only by the King who bore it. |
| 018 | Brazen Laver — Cleansing for Service | Priests washing before they could serve, fulfilled in the washing of regeneration that brings believers near. |
| 027 | Ceremonial Uncleanness — Spiritual Defilement | Washings that never reached the conscience, ended by the One who declares all foods clean and cleanses the heart. |
| 037 | Covenant Violations — Prophetic Indictments | The prophets' lawsuit against a nation that broke every commandment, answered by the Son who kept them and bore the curse. |
| 044 | Day of Atonement — Christ's Atoning Sacrifice | The one day blood entered the Most Holy Place, fulfilled forever. |
| 047 | Divine Warrior — God Who Fights | The LORD who fights for His people, a thread running to the cross where Christ, the Warrior Himself, disarms the powers. |
| 048 | Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary | The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary. |
| 056 | False Prophets — Way of Cain | Prophets who spoke their own imagination in God's name, reversed by the Word who speaks only the Father's. |
| 072 | High Priest Seated at the Right Hand — Christ's Royal-Priestly Session | Priests who stood daily and never sat, answered by the Priest-King who sat down, His work finished. |
| 078 | Isaiah — Suffering Servant Messenger | The prophet whose call, sign-children, and suffering are themselves the message, fulfilled in Christ the final Prophet. |
| 079 | Israel — Corporate New-Adam | A nation called God's son to succeed where Adam failed, and did not, until Christ the true Israel. |
| 080 | Jacob — Transformed Supplanter | The heel-grabber chosen before birth and left limping by grace, as God in Christ still deals with sinners. |
| 085 | Joshua — Leader into Rest | The successor who brought Israel into a rest that did not last, surpassed by the true Yeshua who gives the Sabbath rest. |
| 093 | Last Days Eschatology | The prophets' latter-days horizon, declared already begun in Christ's resurrection, enthronement, and outpoured Spirit. |
| 096 | Levites — Substitutionary Service | The tribe taken in place of Israel's firstborn, whose one-for-many substitution is fulfilled in Christ's ransom for many. |
| 098 | Living Water — Spirit and Life | Water flowing wherever God dwells, from Eden's river to the Spirit that Christ pours out on the thirsty. |
| 100 | Marriage — Christ and His Bride | The one-flesh union built in Eden, disclosed by Paul as a great mystery about Christ and His church. |
| 104 | Moses — The Prophet Like Unto Me | God's sworn promise of a prophet like Moses, kept in the Son the Father tells us to hear. |
| 108 | New Exodus — Second Exodus Pattern | Egypt's deliverance retold by the prophets as a greater one still coming, accomplished in Christ's exodus at Jerusalem. |
| 110 | New Moons — Renewal and Rest | The monthly trumpet blast re-consecrating Israel's calendar, a shadow whose substance belongs to Christ. |
| 114 | Passover — Christ Our Passover Lamb | The lamb's blood that turns away death, fulfilled at the cross. |
| 131 | Return from Exile — Restoration and Hope | Israel brought home from Babylon yet still confessing slavery, a homecoming completed when Christ ends the exile Himself. |
| 147 | Sin Offering — Christ Bearing Our Sins | The purification offering whose blood covered sin but never removed it, fulfilled when Christ was made sin for us. |
| 173 | Wisdom Instruction — Torah Pedagogy | Words bound on hands and doorposts, deepening until the Spirit writes the law on hearts of flesh. |
| 175 | Zerubbabel — Royal Seed Rebuilding | A Davidic governor rebuilding the temple under a lifted curse, a promise kept in the greater Branch who builds God's house. |