1. Jeremiah 4:5–6:30 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

What is the basic outline of Jeremiah 4:5-6:30?

Jeremiah 4:5–6:30 (ESV)

5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!’

The Lord announces the enemy from the north (Jeremiah 4:5–10)

The hot wind of the Lord’s judgement (Jeremiah 4:11–18)

Jeremiah’s anguish (Jeremiah 4:19–22)

The Lord’s judgment as un-creation (Jeremiah 4:23–28)

Judah’s desperate cry of agony (Jeremiah 4:29–31)

Judah’s stubborn refusal to repent (Jeremiah 5:1–9)

Judah’s false security (Jeremiah 5:10–19)

Judah’s failure to fear the Lord (Jeremiah 5:20–31)

The enemy lays siege to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 6:1–8)

The people are greedy and unjust (Jeremiah 6:9–15)

A disobedient people trust in empty religion (Jeremiah 6:16–21)

Hopeless despair as the enemy comes (Jeremiah 6:22–26)

The people are rejected silver (Jeremiah 6:27–30)