Readings:
Taken from : http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/SalvationHistory/_L19_THE%20EXILE.htm
| Jeremiah Prophesies the Fall and The Restoration of Jerusalem |
Jeremiah 1:1-52:34 |
| The Prophecies of Ezekiel | Ezekiel 1:1-44:31 |
| Babylon Destroys Judah and Jerusalem/ The Exile begins | 2 Kings 25:1-30 |
| The Lament over Jerusalem | Lamentations 1:1-5:22 |
Yahweh’s holy Prophets Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah predicted Yahweh’s judgment would fall on an unrepentant Israel and Judah. Please read Isaiah 7:17-20; 10:5-11; Amos 5:1-7, and Hosea 11:1-6.
Jeremiah’s Prophesies:
| SCRIPTURE REFERENCE | OBJECT LESSON | SIGNIFICANCE |
| Jeremiah 1:11, 12 | Branch of an almond tree | God will carry out His threats of punishment |
| Jeremiah 1:13 | Boiling pot tilting away from the North | God will punish Judah with an invasion from the North |
| Jeremiah 13:1-11 | A ruined linen belt | Because the people refuse to listen to God they had become useless like a ruined linen belt. |
| Jeremiah 8:1-17 | The Potter’s Clay | God will destroy His sinful people He had created unless they repent before it is too late |
| Jeremiah 19:1-12 | Broken clay jars | God will smash Judah just as Jeremiah smashed the clay jars. |
| Jeremiah 24:1-10 | Two baskets of figs | Good figs represent God’s holy remnant. Poor figs are the people left behind |
| Jeremiah 27:2-11 | The Yoke | A nation who refuses to submit to Babylon’s yoke will be destroyed |
| Jeremiah 32:6-25 | The purchased field | Yahweh commands Jeremiah to purchase a field in the city of Jerusalem just before the fall of the city as a sign that the people will return to their land |
| Jeremiah 43:8-13 | The Large Stones | The stones marked the place where the Babylonian king will set his throne when God allows him to conquer Egypt. |
| Jeremiah 51:59-64 | The Scroll sunk in the river | Babylon will also be judged by Yahweh and will sink and rise no more. |
Book of Daniel
Notes the plans for the gentile nations contained within it.
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | THE EXILE | |||||||
| FOCUS | History of Daniel | God’s Plan for the Time of the Gentile Nations | God’s Plan of salvation for His Covenant people | |||||
| COVENANT | SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant] | |||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1——–2:1———-5:1———–6:1———7:1——–8:1——-9:1———12:13——-14:42 | |||||||
| DIVISION | Daniel’s captivity and early years in Exile | Vision of King #1 of Babylon | Vision of King #2 of Babylon | Decree of Darius the Mede | Vision of the Four Beasts | Vision of the Ram and Goat | Vision of the 70 weeks/ prophecy of the Messiah | Story of Susanna’s virtue/ story of Bel and the Dragon |
| TOPIC | Daniel’s background | Daniel Interprets Visions and Risks His life for His Faith | Angels Gabriel and Michael Interpret Daniel’s Visions | Daniel defends a daughter of Israel/God defends Daniel | ||||
| LANGUAGE | Hebrew | Aramaic [the language of Assyria & Babylon] | Hebrew | |||||
| LOCATION | CITY OF BABYLON under the Babylonian Empire | BABYLON under the Persian Empire | ||||||
| TIME | 606/5 BC – 536 BC | |||||||