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JEREMIAH 16-20

SEVENTH SERMON (16:1-17:27)

The prohibitions-what Jeremiah is not to do (16:1-9)

Marry or have children (16:1-4):

Mourn (16:5-7):

Mingle (16:8-9):

The proclamations-what Jeremiah is to do (16:10-18; 17:1-4, 9-11, 19-27)

Explain (16:10-13, 16-18; 17:1-4, 9-11)

The reason for God's coming judgment (16:10-13, 18; 17:1-4, 9-11): The people have sinned.

The description of their sin (16:10-13, 18):

The depths of their sin (17:1-4, 9-11):

The certainty of God's coming judgment (16:16-17):

Encourage (16:14-15):

Exhort (17:19-27):

The pair of personalities (17:5-8)

The godless and fruitless man (17:5-6):

The godly and fruitful man (17:7-8):

The prayers (16:19-21; 17:12-18)

First (16:19-21):

Second (17:12-18):

EIGHTH SERMON (18:1-20:18)

The prophet and the potter (18:1-19:15)

Jeremiah's first visit to the potter's house (18:1-23)

The parable (18:1-17)

What he sees (18:1-4):

What he hears (18:5-10):

What he says (18:11-17):

The plot (18:18):

The prayers (18:19-23):

Jeremiah's second visit to the potter's house (19:1-15)

The jar (19:1-2): "The LORD said to me, 'Go and buy a clay jar.'^11^

The judgment (19:3-15)

It is severe (19:3-9):

It is symbolic (19:10-15):

The prophet and the priest (20:1-18)

The confrontation (20:1-6)

Jeremiah's imprisonment (20:1-2):

Jeremiah's indictment (20:3-6):

All his friends are killed or taken to Babylon (20:3-5).

He and his family are carried into captivity, never to return (20:6).

The complaints (20:7-8, 10, 14-18).

You have deceived me (20:7).

"These messages from the LORD have made me a household joke" (20:8).

"Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip" (20:10).

"I curse the day I was born!" (20:14-18).

The constraint (20:9):

The consolation (20:11-13):