Free teaching materials · Prophecy

Teacher guide

Prepare a complete 45-minute session for every passage unit.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

The lesson is free, printable, and usable without an account. Adjust vocabulary for your group, but keep the passage boundaries and evidence visible.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

5 min

Orient the group

Name the book, passage boundary, setting, and the question this unit will explore. Allow learners to pass on personal sharing.

10 min

Read the text

Read the assigned passage aloud or silently. Mark speakers, repeated words, commands, contrasts, promises, and changes.

10 min

Explain from the evidence

Walk through the observations on this page. Connect every conclusion to a verse and label interpretive judgments honestly.

15 min

Discuss and apply

Use the discussion questions. Move from what the passage says to responsible application without forcing disclosure.

5 min

Summarize and pray

Ask for one sentence that captures the passage. Close with a prayer shaped by its words and concerns.

All study units

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

Passage study 01 · Jeremiah 1:1–19

Young Jeremiah receiving his call with the almond branch and boiling pot visions

Open study
Passage study 02 · Jeremiah 2:1–6:30

A cracked cistern beside abandoned living water and watchmen warning Jerusalem of approaching invasion

Open study
Passage study 03 · Jeremiah 7:1–10:25

Jeremiah standing at the temple gate confronting false security while injustice continues outside

Open study
Passage study 04 · Jeremiah 11:1–13:27

The ruined linen girdle and the smashed jar as enacted warnings of covenant corruption

Open study
Passage study 05 · Jeremiah 14:1–17:27

Drought-stricken land, Jeremiah’s lament, and the prophet persecuted for announcing judgment

Open study
Passage study 06 · Jeremiah 18:1–20:18

The potter reshaping clay, Jeremiah breaking the vessel, and the prophet confined in the stocks

Open study
Passage study 07 · Jeremiah 21:1–24:10

Kings and shepherds failing the people while the baskets of good and bad figs interpret the exile

Open study
Passage study 08 · Jeremiah 25:1–29:32

The cup of judgment and Jeremiah’s letter urging exiles to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the city’s peace

Open study
Passage study 09 · Jeremiah 30:1–33:26

Jeremiah writing promises of return, the new covenant inscribed on hearts, and buying a field while Jerusalem is besieged

Open study
Passage study 10 · Jeremiah 34:1–36:32

Freed servants forced back into bondage and King Jehoiakim cutting and burning Jeremiah’s scroll as it is read

Open study
Passage study 11 · Jeremiah 37:1–39:18

Jeremiah imprisoned in the courtyard, lowered into the muddy cistern, rescued by Ebed-melech, and Jerusalem breached

Open study
Passage study 12 · Jeremiah 40:1–44:30

The remnant at Mizpah, Gedaliah’s assassination aftermath, and the people forcing Jeremiah toward Egypt

Open study
Passage study 13 · Jeremiah 45:1–51:64

Baruch receiving a personal word and the scroll against Babylon sinking into the Euphrates as a sign

Open study
Passage study 14 · Jeremiah 52:1–34

Jerusalem and the temple destroyed, captives taken, and Jehoiachin later released and honored in Babylon

Open study