Jeremiah · The Book in Four Peaks

The Cast · who is who in Jeremiah

Keep the players straight

Jeremiah is the weeping prophet, and the tears are real because the judgment is real. Under them runs the deepest hope in the prophets: a God who forms a life before birth, reshapes deceitful hearts on His wheel, and writes His law on the inside of His people. This study climbs its four highest peaks. The index tags the book prophecy and exile.

The LORD

who forms and knows

The God who formed Jeremiah in the womb, reshapes marred clay, and writes His law on the human heart.

The Maker

Jeremiah

“the LORD exalts”

The weeping prophet, called as a youth, sent for forty years to a nation that would not listen.

The Prophet

The Deceitful Heart

who can understand it

The human heart Jeremiah diagnoses as sick and self-deceiving, the real root beneath every outward sin.

The Sick Heart

The Potter

who reworks the clay

The one at the wheel who does not throw the marred vessel away, but reshapes it into another.

The Reshaper

The Righteous Branch

the LORD our righteousness

The coming King raised from David's fallen line, who reigns wisely and does justice in the land.

The King

The Exiles

carried to Babylon

The people torn from home, to whom God still sends plans, a future, a hope, and an open line to Himself.

The Exiles

The New Covenant

written on the heart

The promise the whole Bible reached for: God's law placed inside His people, their sins remembered no more.

The Promise

Who is teaching: the colored dot beside each lettered point below shows which IHOPKC teacher it came from. Points marked ESV text are the study's plain reading where the index carries no verse-level match. Mike Bickle Corey Russell Gary Wiens Dana Candler ESV text

Jeremiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak I · 1 of 4

Peak I · Chapter 1

Formed in the Womb

Jeremiah 1:5, 9–12

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.Jeremiah 1:5 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 1 exact ref for Jeremiah 1:5 · Corey Russell (The Greatness You Tithe To)

Kid mode on · simpler words

A.Jeremiah's call begins before his birth. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, God says, and before you were born I set you apart as a prophet to the nations. His identity was settled by God long before he could earn it or lose it.Jeremiah's call starts before he is even born. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, God says, and before you were born I set you apart as a prophet. Who he is was settled by God long before he could earn it or lose it.

Corey Russell

B.He protests that he is only a youth. God touches his mouth and puts His own words there, then shows him an almond branch and says, I am watching over My word to perform it. The young prophet is handed a message that God Himself guarantees to carry out.He protests that he is only a kid. God touches his mouth and puts His own words there, then shows him an almond branch and says, I am watching over My word to make it happen. The young prophet is handed a message that God Himself promises to carry out.

Mike Bickle

The first peak settles the ground the whole book stands on. Before Jeremiah preaches a word or sheds a tear, God tells him he was known, set apart, and appointed before he drew a breath. The forty hard years ahead trace back to a call that came before he existed.The first peak settles the ground the whole book stands on. Before Jeremiah preaches a word or cries a tear, God tells him he was known, set apart, and chosen before he took a breath. The forty hard years ahead trace back to a call that came before he existed.

Sources Corey Russell on the call of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 1:5 returned 1 exact match; the surrounding verses are read from the ESV text under the chapter's prophecy tag.Index tags for Jeremiah 1: prophecy, exile · ESV

Jeremiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak II · 2 of 4

Peak II · Chapters 9, 17, 18

The Deceitful Heart and the Potter

Jeremiah 9:24; 17:9; 18:6

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.Jeremiah 9:24 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 5 exact refs for Jeremiah 9:24 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (How the Lord Feels About a Believer; SoS 06)

Kid mode on · simpler words

C.In a book full of judgment, God points to the one thing worth boasting in: that you know Me. Next to knowing the LORD who practices steadfast love and justice, wisdom and wealth and strength are all thin places to stand.In a book full of judgment, God points to the one thing worth bragging about: that you know Me. Next to knowing the LORD who loves and does justice, being smart or rich or strong is a thin place to stand.

Mike Bickle

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?Jeremiah 17:9 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 10 exact refs for Jeremiah 17:9 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Forerunners Preparing the Bride; One Thing 2009)

D.Then comes the diagnosis. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick, who can understand it? Jeremiah refuses to blame only the system around him. The rot he is preaching against starts inside a person.Then comes the diagnosis. The heart is tricky above all things, and very sick, who can understand it? Jeremiah will not blame only the world around him. The rot he is preaching against starts inside a person.

Mike Bickle

Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.Jeremiah 18:6 · ESV

✓ 5578 · Jeremiah 18 is indexed under the prophecy tag · the potter's-house verse is read here from the ESV text (no verse-level exact match)

E.God sends him down to the potter's house. The vessel is marred in the potter's hand, so the potter reworks it into another. Like the clay in the potter's hand, God says, so are you in Mine. A deceitful heart is not beyond reshaping.God sends him down to the potter's house. The pot gets ruined on the wheel, so the potter reshapes it into a different one. Like the clay in the potter's hand, God says, so are you in Mine. A sick heart is not beyond being remade.

ESV text

The second peak is honest about the human problem and hopeful about the cure. Jeremiah will not pin the nation's ruin on politics alone. The heart itself is sick. And the same book that gives that hard diagnosis takes the prophet to a potter's wheel, where a ruined lump becomes a new vessel in patient hands.The second peak is honest about the human problem and hopeful about the cure. Jeremiah will not blame the nation's ruin on politics alone. The heart itself is sick. And the same book that gives that hard diagnosis takes the prophet to a potter's wheel, where a ruined lump becomes a new pot in patient hands.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC on Jeremiah 9 and 17. Jeremiah 17:9 returned 10 exact matches, 9:24 returned 5; the potter's-house image at 18:6 is read from the ESV text.Index tags for Jeremiah 9 through 18: prophecy, exile · ESV

Jeremiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak III · 3 of 4

Peak III · Chapters 23, 29, 33

Plans for a Future, and the Branch

Jeremiah 29:11; 33:3; 23:5

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.Jeremiah 29:11 · ESV

✓ 5578 · Jeremiah 29 is indexed under the exile tag · the letter to the exiles is read here from the ESV text (no verse-level exact match)

Kid mode on · simpler words

F.To exiles carried off to Babylon, God sends a letter. I know the plans I have for you, plans for welfare, to give you a future and a hope. The promise comes to people whose whole life looks like the opposite of a plan.To exiles dragged off to Babylon, God sends a letter. I know the plans I have for you, good plans, to give you a future and a hope. The promise comes to people whose whole life looks like the opposite of a plan.

Mike Bickle

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.Jeremiah 33:3 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 4 exact refs for Jeremiah 33:3 · Gary Wiens (The Fasted Lifestyle) · Dana Candler (Before the Veil)

G.And He opens a line to them. Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you great and hidden things you have not known. The exile becomes a place of new revelation, a doorway rather than only a dead end.And He opens a line straight to them. Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you great and hidden things you have never known. The exile becomes a place to hear new things from God, a doorway and not only a dead end.

Dana Candler

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.Jeremiah 23:5 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 9 exact refs for Jeremiah 23:5 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Millennial Kingdom SMK04) · Gary Wiens · his name: the LORD our righteousness

H.And through the ruin He promises a King. The days are coming when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, who will reign and do justice, and His name is the LORD our righteousness. The royal line that looks dead will bear one more King.And through the ruin He promises a King. The days are coming when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, who will rule and do justice, and His name is the LORD our righteousness. The royal family that looks dead will still bring one more King.

Gary Wiens

The third peak hands hope to people at the bottom. God speaks long before the exiles ever get home. He mails a plan into Babylon, opens a line for them to call and be answered, and promises a righteous King from a line everyone had counted out. The dead end is where the deepest promises land.The third peak hands hope to people at the bottom. God speaks long before the exiles ever get home. He mails a plan into Babylon, opens a line for them to call and be answered, and promises a righteous King from a family everyone had written off. The dead end is where the deepest promises land.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (Millennial Kingdom SMK04), Gary Wiens, and Dana Candler on Jeremiah 23, 29, and 33. Jeremiah 23:5 returned 9 exact matches, 33:3 returned 4; the letter to the exiles at 29:11 is read from the ESV text.Index tags for Jeremiah 23 through 33: prophecy, exile · ESV

Jeremiah · The Book in Four PeaksPeak IV · 4 of 4

Peak IV · Chapter 31

The New Covenant

Jeremiah 31:31, 33–34

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.Jeremiah 31:31 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 1 exact ref for Jeremiah 31:31 · Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (150 chapters 16)

Kid mode on · simpler words

I.At the center of the book stands the promise the whole Bible was reaching for. The days are coming, God says, when I will make a new covenant with My people. The old arrangement had failed on the human side, and God announces a better one on His own terms.At the center of the book stands the promise the whole Bible was reaching for. The days are coming, God says, when I will make a new covenant with My people. The old deal had broken down on the human side, and God announces a better one on His own terms.

Mike Bickle

I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Jeremiah 31:33 · ESV

✓ 5578 exact match · 2 exact refs for Jeremiah 31:33 · Gary Wiens (To Behold the King) · Mike Bickle (150 chapters 60)

J.And the heart of the new covenant is a heart. I will put My law within them and write it on their hearts, and they shall all know Me. The old covenant was carved into stone tablets. The new one is written on the inside of a person.And the heart of the new covenant is a heart. I will put My law inside them and write it on their hearts, and they will all know Me. The old covenant was carved into stone tablets. The new one is written on the inside of a person.

Gary Wiens

K.And He promises to forgive their sin and remember it no more. The prophet who wept over a doomed city ends up holding the brightest promise in the Old Testament: a people who know God from the inside, with their sins gone for good.And He promises to forgive their sin and remember it no more. The prophet who cried over a doomed city ends up holding the brightest promise in the whole Old Testament: a people who know God from the inside, with their sins gone for good.

Mike Bickle

Jeremiah weeps for a reason, because the judgment is real. Under the tears runs the deepest hope in the prophets. God forms a man before birth, reshapes deceitful hearts on His wheel, mails plans and a future into exile, raises a righteous Branch, and writes His own law on the inside of His people. This is peak two of the major prophets.Jeremiah weeps for a reason, because the judgment is real. Under the tears runs the deepest hope in the prophets. God forms a man before birth, reshapes sick hearts on His wheel, mails plans and a future into exile, raises a righteous Branch, and writes His own law on the inside of His people. This is peak two of the major prophets.

Sources Mike Bickle / IHOPKC (150 chapters 16) and Gary Wiens (150 chapters 60) on the new covenant. Jeremiah 31:31 returned 1 exact match, 31:33 returned 2.Index tags for Jeremiah 31: prophecy, exile · ESV

Jeremiah today · modern pictures

What each peak looks like now

Jeremiah in the language of now, the book that weeps and hopes at the same time. Each card carries the verse it grows from.

Jeremiah 1:5

Known before you arrived

Today it looks likeThe teenager told they were wanted and named for a purpose before they were born, a worth that does not rise or fall with the resume they build later.

Jeremiah 17:9

The problem is inside

Today it looks likeThe person who changes the job, the city, and the partner and keeps hitting the same wall, until they see the thing they cannot outrun is their own heart.

Jeremiah 18:6

Marred, then reworked

Today it looks likeThe recovering addict or the rebuilt marriage, the life that collapsed on the wheel and got reshaped by patient hands into something usable again.

Jeremiah 29:11

A plan mailed into the mess

Today it looks likeThe word of hope that arrives in the middle of a layoff, a hospital stay, or a prison term, addressed to people whose life looks nothing like a plan.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call and be answered

Today it looks likeThe open line in the darkest season, the prayer at 3 a.m. that gets an answer, and the strange truth that the low place is where the deepest things get shown.

Jeremiah 31:33

Law on the inside

Today it looks likeThe shift from white-knuckling a rulebook to actually wanting the good, obedience that comes from a changed heart rather than a posted list of rules.

These Jeremiah parallels are the study's own application; the verses are ESV and the teaching provenance is marked on each verse above.

Source notes

Provenance was pulled from the local IHOPKC Bible Commentary annotation studio, exact-confidence matches only. The teacher names and exact-ref counts beside each verse come from that query; Jeremiah is tagged prophecy and exile. Where the index carries no verse-level match (for example 18:6 and 29:11), points are marked ESV text as the study's plain reading. The studio runs locally at http://127.0.0.1:5578 and its links resolve only on that machine. This study climbs Jeremiah's four highest peaks, not every chapter of a 52-chapter book. Scripture ESV.