Preaching the Word - Jeremiah and Lamentations

Set apart as a prophet before he was born, Jeremiah was called to proclaim God's righteous judgment to a people who had turned against their Creator. The “weeping prophet” was a faithful witness to the God who keeps his covenant promises, tempering a message of judgment with the promise of mercy.

In this commentary, Philip Graham Ryken helps pastors, church leaders, and Bible teachers understand, teach, and apply the prophetic books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, showing their ongoing relevance for the Christian’s walk with Christ. Through faithful exposition, Ryken reveals the gospel’s promise that even in the midst of God's judgment, mercy and grace will have the final word.

Part of the Preaching the Word series.

Acknowledgments
A Word to Those Who Preach the Word
Preface

Jeremiah

1. A Prophet to the Nations (1:1-10)
2. When the Almond Tree Blossoms (1:11-19)
3. God Files for Divorce (2:1-37)
4. The Way Back Home (3:1-18)
5. True Repentance (3:19-4:4)
6. Lament for a City (4:5-31)
7. A Good Man Is Hard to Find (5:1-19)
8. What Will You Do in the End? (5:20-6:15)
9. At the Crossroads (6:16-30)
10. What the Church Needs Now Is Reformation! (7:1-15)
11. The Family That Worships Together (7:16-29)
12. The Valley of Slaughter (7:30-8:3)
13. Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth (8:4-17)
14. There Is a Balm in Gilead (8:18-9:11)
15. Something to Boast About (9:12-24)
16. The Scarecrow in the Melon Patch (9:25-10:16)
17. This Is (Not) Your Life (10:17-25)
18. Amen, Lord! (11:1-17)
19. How Can You Run with Horses? (11:18-12:6)
20. Paradise Regained (12:7-17)
21. Corruptio Optimi Pessima (13:1-27)
22. For God's Sake, Do Something! (14:1-22)
23. When God Lets You Down (15:1-21)
24. Jeremiah, the Pariah (16:1-17:4)
25. Like a Tree (17:5-18)
26. Keep the Lord's Day Holy (17:19-27)
27. In the Potter's Hands (18:1-23)
28. Vessels of Wrath (19:1-15)
29. Dark Night of the Soul (20:1-18)
30. No King but Christ (21:1-22:30)
31. Music for the Messiah (23:1-8)
32. I Had a Dream! (23:9-40)
33. Two Baskets of Figs (24:1-25:14)
34. "Take from My Hand This Cup" (25:15-38)
35. Delivered from Death (26:1-24)
36. Under the Yoke (27:1-22)
37. A Yoke of Iron (28:1-17)
38. Seek the Welfare of the City (29:1-9, 24-32)
39. The Best-Laid Plans (29:10-23)
40. "And Ransom Captive Israel" (30:1-17)
41. Messiah in the City (30:18-31:6)
42. Rachel, Dry Your Tears (31:7-26)
43. The New Covenant (31:27-40)
44. Buyer's Market (32:1-25)
45. Is Anything Too Hard for God? (32:26-44)
46. "Pardon for Sin and a Peace That Endureth" (33:1-9)
47. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (33:10-16)
48. God Never Fails (33:17-26)
49. The Emancipation Revocation (34:1-22)
50. Promise Keepers (35:1-19)
51. Book Burning (36:1-32)
52. Benedict Jeremiah? (37:1-21)
53. In and Out of the Cistern (38:1-13)
54. A Private Audience (38:14-28)
55. Brands from the Burning (39:1-18)
56. A Remnant Chosen by Grace (40:1-41:15)
57. A Fatal Mistake (41:16-43:13)
58. The King or the Queen? (44:1-30)
59. Attempt Small Things for God (45:1-5)
60. God of All Nations (46:1-47:7)
61. The Pride of Life (48:1-47)
62. Most High over All the Earth (49:1-39)
63. "Full Atonement! Can It Be?" (50:1-46)
64. "Fallen! Fallen Is Babylon the Great!" (51:1-64)
65. "How Lonely Sits the City" (52:1-34)

Lamentations

66. Five Laments: An Epilogue (1-5)

Notes
Scripture Index
General Index
Index of Sermon Illustrations