Jeremiah 13; Jeremiah 14; Jeremiah 15; Jeremiah 16; Jeremiah 17
Israel and Judah will be as a rotted and decayed belt. The people are commanded to repent. Judah will be taken captive and scattered as stubble. Jeremiah prays because of dearth and famine. The Lord will not hear because of the wickedness of his people. The people of Judah will suffer death, the sword, famine, and captivity. They will be scattered into all the kingdoms of the earth. Jerusalem will be destroyed. The utter ruin of Judah is foreseen. Israel is rejected and scattered for serving false gods. Fishers and hunters will gather Israel again, and the people will serve the Lord. The gospel is to be restored for the last time. The captivity of Judah comes because of sin and forsaking the Lord. Hallow the Sabbath day; doing so will save the people; otherwise they will be destroyed.
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Jeremiah 8; Jeremiah 9; Jeremiah 10; Jeremiah 11; Jeremiah 12
Calamities will befall the inhabitants of Jerusalem. For them the harvest is past, the summer is ended, and they are not saved. Jeremiah sorrows greatly because of the sins of the people. They will be scattered among the nations and punished. Learn not the way of other nations. Their gods are idols and molten images. The Lord is the true and living God. The people of Judah are cursed for breaking the covenant of obedience. The Lord will not hear their prayers. Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wicked. If other nations learn the ways of Israel, they will be numbered with Israel.
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Jeremiah 3; Jeremiah 4; Jeremiah 5; Jeremiah 6; Jeremiah 7
Israel and Judah defiled and polluted the land through wickedness. In the last days, the Lord will gather the people of Israel, one from a city and two from a family, and bring them to Zion. Israel and Judah are called to repentance. Jeremiah laments for the miseries of Judah. Judgments will be poured out upon the people of Judah because of their sins. Their iniquities cause blessings to be withheld from them. Jerusalem will be destroyed because of her iniquity. She will be overrun by a great and cruel nation. If the people of Judah repent, they will be preserved. The temple has become a den of robbers. The Lord rejects that generation of the people of Judah for their idolatries. They offer their children as sacrifices.
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Isaiah 65; Isaiah 66; Jeremiah 1; Jeremiah 2
Ancient Israel was rejected for rejecting the Lord. The Lord’s people will rejoice and triumph during the Millennium. At the Second Coming, Israel, as a nation, will be born in a day; the wicked will be destroyed; and the Gentiles will hear the gospel. Jeremiah was foreordained to be a prophet unto the nations. He is called as a mortal to declare the word of the Lord. The people of Judah forsook the Lord, the fountain of living waters. They worshiped idols and rejected the prophets.
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Isaiah 60; Isaiah 61; Isaiah 62; Isaiah 63; Isaiah 64
In the last days, Israel will rise again as a mighty nation. The gentile peoples will join with and serve Israel. Zion will be established. Finally, Israel will dwell in celestial splendor. Isaiah speaks about the Messiah. The Messiah will have the Spirit, preach the gospel, and proclaim liberty. In the last days, the Lord will call his ministers and make an everlasting covenant with the people. In the last days, Israel will be gathered. Zion will be established. Her watchmen will teach about the Lord. The gospel standard will be lifted up. The people will be called holy, the redeemed of the Lord. The Second Coming will be a day of vengeance and also the year of the redeemed of the Lord. Then the Saints will praise the Lord and acknowledge him as their father. The people of the Lord pray for the Second Coming and for the salvation that will then be theirs.
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Isaiah 53; Isaiah 54; Isaiah 55; Isaiah 56; Isaiah 57; Isaiah 58; Isaiah 59
Isaiah speaks about the Messiah. His humiliation and sufferings are described. He makes his soul an offering for sin and makes intercession for the transgressors (compare Mosiah 14.) In the last days, Zion and her stakes will be established, and Israel will be gathered in mercy and tenderness. Israel will triumph (compare 3 Nephi 22.) Come and drink; salvation is free. The Lord will make an everlasting covenant with Israel. Seek the Lord while he is near. All who keep the commandments will be exalted. Other people will join Israel. The Lord will gather others to the house of Israel. When the righteous die, they enter into peace. Mercy is promised to the penitent. There is no peace for the wicked. The true law of the fast and its blessings are defined. The commandment to keep the Sabbath is given. The people of Israel are separated from their God by iniquity. Their sins testify against them. The Messiah will intercede, come to Zion, and redeem the repentant.
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Isaiah 48; Isaiah 49; Isaiah 50; Isaiah 51; Isaiah 52
The Lord reveals his purposes to Israel. Israel has been chosen in the furnace of affliction and is to depart from Babylon. The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners. Israel will be gathered with power in the last days. Kings will be the nursing fathers of Israel. Isaiah speaks as the Messiah. He will have the tongue of the learned. He will give his back to the smiters. He will not be confounded. In the last days, the Lord will comfort Zion and gather Israel. The redeemed will come to Zion amid great joy. In the last days, Zion will return, and Israel will be redeemed. The Messiah will deal prudently and be exalted. Compare 1 Nephi 20-21 and 2 Nephi 7-8
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