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A very prominent key word of Jeremiah is
“return,” appearing forty-seven times in the
book. See Chart 84 for other key words and
suggested key verses.
VII. APPLICATIONS
The sixth-century B.C. book of Jeremiah is
important for the twentieth-century world
because the similarities between Jeremiah’s
day and today could hardly be stronger. As
in Jeremiah’s day, this is a time of deep sin;
apostasy and hypocrisy abound; the balance
of power among nations totters precariously,
and alliances change with apparent
recklessness from decade to decade; God’s
heralds are in a lonely minority; and the
rumblings of doomsday, like an approaching
avalanche, get louder by the minute. Very
evident in Jeremiah’s message is the fact
that the destinies of peoples and nations are
not ful lled outside the hand of God. During
these last days of the Church on earth, the
Christian will nd in this ancient book a
timely message and many answers to
questions about God’s ways in the world
today and tomorrow. After you have
nished your survey of the book, write a list
of present-day applications.
VIII. FURTHER STUDY
Use outside sources for help in these two
suggested projects:
1. Make biographical studies of these
kings whose reigns involved the ministry of
Jeremiah: Josiah, Jehoahaz (Shallum),
Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin (Jeconiah or Coniah),
and Zedekiah.5 (Read 2 ‘Kings 22-25; 2
Chron 34-36.)
2. Study the chronological structure of the
book of Jeremiah.6
IX. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Cawley, F. “Jeremiah.” In The New Bible
Commentary.
Freeman, Hobart E. An Introduction to the Old
Testament Prophets, pp. 237-50.
Jensen, Irving L. Jeremiah and Lamentations.
Everyman’s Bible Commentary, pp. 5-15;
117-25.
Payne, J. Barton. Encyclopedia of Biblical
Prophecy, pp. 320-47.
Schultz, Samuel J. The Old Testament Speaks,
pp. 322-43.
Young, Edward J. Introduction to the Old
Testament, pp. 223-33.
COMMENTARIES
Ball, C. J., and Bennett, W. H. The Book of
Jeremiah.
Graybill, John F. “Jeremiah.” In The Wycliffe
Bible Commentary.
Hyatt, J. Philip. Jeremiah, Prophet of Courage
and Hope.
Jensen, Irving L. Jeremiah and Lamentations.
Everyman’s Bible Commentary.
