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Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 6/6

Passage: Jeremiah 46–51

Talk Outline:



1. Structure of Chapters 46–55

Ch 46–49 prophecies against various nations

Ch 50–51 prophecies against Babylon

2. Prophecies Concerning the Nationsa) God is the King of all nations

b) The nations are under the same judgement as Judah

c) The nations will experience the same restoration as Judah

d) This is true to the ends of the earth



3. Prophecies Concerning Babylon

a) Babylon was an instrument of the Lord's wrath

b) Nevertheless, Babylon will be punished for her violence

c) The judgement of Babylon means salvation for God's people

d) When Babylon falls, she will never rise again



4. What Does This Mean?

Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 5/6

Passage: Jeremiah 37–45

Talk Outline:









2. Gedaliah: When Evil Wins

a) Opportunity (40:1–6)

b) Disaster (41:1–15)



3. Johanan: Mind Made Up

a) Opportunity (41:16–42:22)

b) Disaster (43:1–13)



4. In Egypt: Blaming God

a) Opportunity (44:1–14)

b) Disaster (44:15–30)



5. Living with Lost Opportunities

a) Escaping With Your Life (39:15–18, 45:1–5)

b) Suffering For the Truth

Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 4/6

Passage: Jeremiah 30–33

Talk Outline:

1. Orienting ourselves

a) Two parts (cf. introductory formulae at 30:1; 32:1)

b) One theme: shaḇtî ’eṯ-shĕḇûṯ ‘ammî

30:3, 18; 31:23; 32:44; 33:7 (x2); 33:11; 33:26 (cf. 29:14)

Deut 30:3



PART 1: THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CH. 30—31)

2. Another book (30:1—4)

a) Write in a book (v2)

b) These are the words the LORD spoke… (cf. Exod 19:6; Deut 1:1)

c) 10 words (30:5, 12, 18; 31:2, 7, 15, 16, 23, 35, 36)

d) The days are coming (30:3; 31:27, 31, 38)



3. Hearing the words Pt 1

a) Word 1: Fearful Jacob saved (30:5—11)

Word 2: Scorned Zion cared for (30:12—17)

Word 3: Restored as the people of God (30:18—31:1)

Word 4: Still loved by God (31:2—6)



PART 2: A SIGN OF THE COVENANT (CH. 32—33)

4. Judah’s darkest hour

a) Besieged, confined & doomed (32:1—5)

b) A bizarre word from the LORD (32:6—15)

c) Jeremiah’s incomprehension (32:16—25)



5. The word of the LORD

a) The bad news (32:26—35)

b) The good news (32:36—44)



6. A second word of the LORD

a) The bad news (33:1—5)

b) The good news (33:6—26)



7. Hearing the words Pt 2

b) Word 5: Joy for the “foremost of nations” (31:7—14)

c) Words 6-7: Bereaved Rachel comforted (31:15—22)

d) Word 8: Blessing restored (31:23—26)



8. Waiting for the days

a) building and planting (31:27—28)

b) the cycle broken (31:29—30)

c) a new covenant (31:31—34)



9. Old and new

a) the book

b) the words

c) the promise

words 9-10: total permanence, total security (31:35—37)

d) the blood

Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 3/6

Passage: Jeremiah 21–23

Talk Outline:



1. King and people: two ways (21:1—10)

a) Zedekiah’s question for the LORD (21:1—2)



b)The LORD’s answer for Zedekiah (21:3—7)



c) The LORD’s answer for the people (21:8—10)





2. Concerning the prophets (23:9—40)

a) Godless prophets (23:9—15)



b) False hopes (23:16—22)



c) The dreams of ordinary men (23:23—32)





3. Concerning the house of David (21:11—23:8)

a) Exhortations and warnings

i) Exhortation & warning 1 (21:11—14)

ii) Exhortation & warning 2 (22:1—9)



b) Four kings and their fates

i) Josiah (22:10a)

ii) Jehoahaz (22:10—12)

iii) Jehoiakim (22:13—23)

iv) Jeconiah (22:24—30)



c) The future of kingship

i) Punishment of wicked shepherds

ii) God himself would restore the flock

iii) Replace wicked shepherds with good ones

iv) Bring the line of David to its fulfilment

Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 2/6

Passage: Jeremiah 7–10

Talk Outline:



1. The problem with religion

a) Problems in the temple

i) Crime (7:1—11)

ii) Punishment (7:12—15)



b) Problems in the towns and streets

i) Crime (7:16—19)

ii) Punishment (7:20)



c) Problems with sacrifices to the LORD

i) Crime (7:21—28)

ii) Punishment (7:29)



d) Problems with sacrifices to detestable idols

i) Crime (7:30—31)

ii) Punishment (7:32—8:3)





2. Dissonant voices

a) Exasperation: “Why does Jerusalem always turn away?” (8:4—13)



b) Alarm: “We hoped for peace but no good has come” (8:14—17)



c) Anguish: “Since my people are crushed, I am crushed” (8:18—9:6)



d) Resignation: “What else can I do, because of my people? (9:7—16)



e) Lament: “Death has climbed in through our windows” (9:17—22)



f) The heart of the problem

i) Boasting (9:23—24)

ii) Circumcision (9:25—26)





3. Breaking the lie

a) “Do not learn the ways of the nations” (10:1—16)



b) “This is my sickness, and I must endure it” (10:17—25)

Speaker: Martin Shadwick

Series: Jeremiah (Wintercon 23)

Talk Number: 1/6

Passage: Jeremiah 1



Talk Outline:

1. Why read Jeremiah?



2. The words of Jeremiah & the word of the LORD (1:1—3)

a) one of the priests at Anathoth

b) Josiah, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah: 626-586 BC

c) dramatic arrangement (not chronological)

d) one terrible event hovers over the whole (ch. 25, 39, 52)



3. A prophet to the nations (1:4—10)

a) appointed (v4—5)

b) an objection (v6)

c) commanded (v7)

d) reassured (v8)

e) equipped (v9)

f) nations and kingdoms (v10a)

g) uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow, build and plant (v10b)



4. Jeremiah’s first messages

a) almond tree (1:11—12)

b) boiling pot (1:13—16)

c) fortified city, iron pillar, bronze wall (1:17—19)



5. Unbreakable message, unbreakable messenger