The Prophets · 36 stories
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The Calling of Jeremiah
Yahweh calls the reluctant young Jeremiah, touches his mouth with divine words, and confirms his mission through two visions revealing both God's watchfulness and coming judgment from the north.
4 parts
Jeremiah's Temple Gate Warning
Jeremiah stands at the temple gate to warn Judah that false trust in the sanctuary cannot save them, and God will destroy it as he destroyed Shiloh.
3 parts
Jeremiah's Confessions
Jeremiah wrestles with the unbearable cost of his prophetic call—mocked, betrayed, and wishing he'd never been born—until God renews his commission and pledges to fortify and deliver him.
3 parts
Jeremiah's Signs and Symbols
Through celibacy, a potter's clay, and a shattered jar, Jeremiah enacts Yahweh's coming judgment on Judah—and is beaten and stocks for declaring it.
4 parts
King Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll
Jeremiah dictates his prophecies to Baruch, who reads them publicly, but King Jehoiakim defiantly burns the scroll — prompting Yahweh to have it rewritten with added judgment.
6 parts
Jeremiah and the Broken Yoke
Jeremiah wears a yoke to dramatize Babylon's coming dominion, clashes with the prophet Hananiah who breaks it, then declares an iron yoke will replace the wooden one — and Hananiah dies that same year.
5 parts
Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
Jeremiah writes to the Babylonian exiles urging them to settle and thrive, promising a return after seventy years while warning them to reject false prophets.
4 parts
The New Covenant
Yahweh declares everlasting love for all Israel's families and promises to gather the scattered remnant — blind, lame, and pregnant alike — back from the north to Zion, where mourning gives way to abundance and joy; he hears Rachel weeping for her lost children and Ephraim's repentant grief and commands them to hope, for they will return, then announces a new covenant written on human hearts to replace the broken Mosaic one, and swears that Israel's existence is as certain as the sun, moon, and stars hold their courses and that Jerusalem will stand forever holy.
3 parts
Jeremiah Buys a Field
Jeremiah buys a field while Jerusalem falls, preserving the deeds as a sign that Yahweh will restore his people to the land.
3 parts
The Fall of Jerusalem
King Zedekiah summons Jeremiah to a secret meeting and hears him urge surrender, but the city's princes are so enraged by Jeremiah's message that they throw him into a muddy cistern to die — until a palace servant named Ebed-melech persuades the king to let him haul Jeremiah out with rags and cords; when the walls are finally breached Zedekiah flees, is overtaken, watches his sons killed, and is blinded and carried in chains to Babylon, the city burns and its people are marched into exile, while Jeremiah alone is released and left to live among those who remain.
8 parts
Gedaliah and the Remnant
After Jerusalem falls, a fragile remnant gathers under governor Gedaliah, whose assassination sends the survivors fleeing to Egypt against Jeremiah's warnings, sealing their doom.
5 parts
Jerusalem's Guilt and Coming Judgment
Yahweh searches Jerusalem for even one just person, finds none among rich or poor, and summons a fierce foreign nation to devour the land—though not destroy it utterly.
6 parts
The Foe from the North
A northern foe advances on corrupt Jerusalem as Yahweh orders siege and judgment while false prophets cry peace and no one heeds the warning.
6 parts
Israel Tested and Found Rejected
Yahweh calls Israel back to the ancient paths, but their repeated refusal to listen brings a northern army near and ends with Yahweh declaring them rejected silver from a failed refining.
6 parts
Judgment on Judah's Corruption
Yahweh exposes Judah's corruption—false prophets, stubborn idolatry, and covetousness—bringing shame, invasion, and an incurable wound no balm can heal.
4 parts
Jeremiah Mourns Jerusalem's Desolation
Jeremiah weeps as Yahweh exposes his people's deep deceit, announces Jerusalem's coming desolation and scattering, and calls them to find glory only in knowing him.
5 parts
Plot Against Jeremiah
Yahweh charges Jeremiah to proclaim covenant curses on unfaithful Judah, then exposes a deadly plot by his own townsmen in Anathoth who seek to silence him.
3 parts
Jeremiah's Laments and God's Replies
Jeremiah challenges Yahweh over the wicked's prosperity, and Yahweh responds with harder trials ahead, lament over his forsaken heritage, and a promise to uproot and restore nations.
3 parts
Jeremiah's Signs of Judah's Shame
Through a ruined belt, wine-jar threats, and unalterable sin, Yahweh warns proud Judah that darkness, captivity, and shame are coming.
5 parts
Drought, False Prophets, Rejected Prayers
Drought and famine devastate Judah as the people cry out, false prophets offer empty peace, and Yahweh refuses intercession yet hears a final plea to remember his covenant.
5 parts
Jeremiah's Lament and Plea
Jeremiah pours out his pain to Yahweh, defending his faithful ministry against mockers and pleading that his persecutors—not he—face dismay.
1 part
Jeremiah's Sabbath Warning
Jeremiah delivers Yahweh's urgent Sabbath command at Jerusalem's gates, warning that obedience brings lasting glory while defiance brings consuming fire.
2 parts
Yahweh Will Fight Against Jerusalem
When Zedekiah seeks divine help against Babylon, Jeremiah delivers Yahweh's stark reply: he will fight against Jerusalem himself, offering survivors only the grim choice of surrender or death.
3 parts
The Two Baskets of Figs
Through a vision of good and bad figs, Yahweh contrasts the exiles in Babylon — promised restoration — with Zedekiah's remnant, doomed to destruction.
3 parts
Jeremiah's Temple Sermon and Trial
Jeremiah delivers his temple warning, faces a death trial, and is acquitted through prophetic precedent and Ahikam's protection.
7 parts
The Promise of Restoration
Yahweh commands Jeremiah to record his words as he promises to save Jacob from unparalleled trouble, heal Israel's incurable wound, rebuild Zion, and fulfill his purposes of full restoration.
5 parts
Zedekiah's Broken Covenant
During Babylon's siege, Zedekiah and Jerusalem's leaders free Hebrew slaves then re-enslave them, prompting Yahweh to condemn the betrayal and doom king and city to Babylon's sword.
5 parts
The Faithful Rechabites
Jeremiah uses the Rechabites' unbroken loyalty to their ancestor's commands to expose Judah's persistent refusal to obey Yahweh, who punishes one and rewards the other.
4 parts
Zedekiah Seeks Jeremiah's Word
Zedekiah sends priests to ask Jeremiah's prayer as the Chaldeans briefly withdraw, but Yahweh declares the enemy will return and burn Jerusalem regardless.
2 parts
Jeremiah Imprisoned by Zedekiah
Falsely arrested for defection and dungeoned, Jeremiah endures imprisonment until Zedekiah secretly summons him, hears a doom oracle, and moves him to better custody with daily bread.
5 parts
Judgment on the Exiles in Egypt
Yahweh confronts the defiant Jewish exiles in Egypt, indicting them for persistent idolatry, pronouncing their near-total destruction, and sealing his word with the fall of Pharaoh Hophra as a sign.
6 parts
God's Word to Baruch
Yahweh acknowledges Baruch's personal anguish, warns him against seeking greatness amid coming universal disaster, yet promises he will escape with his life.
1 part
The Fall of Babylon
Yahweh summons the Medes and all nations against Babylon, pledging to avenge Zion, judge her idols, and reduce her walls to ruin forever.
8 parts
The Scroll Sunk in the Euphrates
Jeremiah commissions Seraiah to read Babylon's doom aloud in Babylon, then sink the scroll in the Euphrates as a sign that Babylon will sink and never rise.
1 part
Jerusalem's Fall and Jehoiachin's Release
From Zedekiah's rebellion through Jerusalem's burning, exile, and temple's plunder, to Jehoiachin's surprising release and honor in Babylon.
6 parts
The Cup of Wrath
After twenty-three years of ignored warnings, Jeremiah announces Babylon's coming devastation, then passes Yahweh's cup of wrath to all nations, as divine judgment spreads to the ends of the earth.
8 parts