Consolation.” (Read the chapters.) Here Jeremiah looks beyond the years of captivity and sees a restoration; and he looks beyond the age of the old covenant and sees the new (cf 31:31) It is noteworthy that this bright prophecy appears in the text just before Jeremiah narrates the siege and fall of Jerusalem Compare this with the location of songs throughout the book of Revelation just before the descriptions of judgments Chapters 34-44 are mainly narrative, recording the key event of the book—the fall of Jerusalem—and the events preceding and following it (Read the chapters.) In chapters 40-44, two interesting observations may be made: (1) Jeremiah was just as faithful to God and to the Jews after the judgment fell as he was before; and (2) the Jews remained just as stubborn and impenitent as ever 9 Observe the contents of each of the three supplements Why would each of these be placed at the end of the book? Concerning the oracles against the foreign nations, it should be observed that God judges all nations alike on the issue of sin For example, though God used Babylon as His agent of punishment against the Jews, Babylon was not spared judgment for its own sin (read 50:14) V PROMINENT SUBJECTS (1:4-19) Jeremiah must have received his call to the prophetic o ce when he was a mere youth His call was much more commonplace than that of Isaiah (cf Isa 6) Jeremiah saw no dazzling vision, no throne or seraphim Quietly the Lord spoke to his heart, setting before him his di cult task, A JEREMIAH’S CALL and promising to be with him through every experience Read Jeremiah 1:4-10, and notice the following points regarding his call: It was prenatal (vv 4-5) He shrank from the work because of his youth and inexperience (v.6) He was not excused from service (v.7) God assured him of divine guardianship (v.8) He received the personal touch of God and His divine message (v.9) Jeremiah’s call clearly teaches that the main task of a prophet was to speak for God It was God who would bring down judgment upon the people of Judah for their sin; and it was God who would spare a remnant But God wanted a man to warn Judah of those judgments, and to console the faithful few for their faith God did not search in vain for such a man He was on hand, by predetermined design, serving among the priests of Anathoth Now the hour for his call had arrived, and God sent the word that moved him to the o ce of prophet When Jeremiah accepted the commission, he was thrust forth with an indelible impression of sovereign appointment, sovereign message, and sovereign protection B TWOFOLD MESSAGE Jeremiah’s message was twofold: destruction and construction (Note the words “destroy” and “build” in 1:10.) When identi ed more speci cally, there are four parts to his message, as shown on Chart 83 ...9 Observe the contents of each of the three supplements Why would each of these be placed at the end of the book? Concerning the oracles against the foreign nations, it should... design, serving among the priests of Anathoth Now the hour for his call had arrived, and God sent the word that moved him to the o ce of prophet When Jeremiah accepted the commission, he was... indelible impression of sovereign appointment, sovereign message, and sovereign protection B TWOFOLD MESSAGE Jeremiah’s message was twofold: destruction and construction (Note the words “destroy”