Jeremiah dictates his prophecies to his trusted scribe Baruch, who reads it to the people. The King's council then hears the scroll, and many of the leaders are rifghtened by what they hear. Hoping for a movement of true repentance, they bring it to the King's attention. However the king is enraged and he burns the scroll. Instead of heeding God's word, he orders the arrest of Jeremiah and Baruch.

God asks Jeremiah to offer wine to the family of the Rechabites, descendants of Jethro, and they refuse. They are faithful to their family traditions, but the people of Israel are not faithful to God.

The battle rages on, and Jeremiah informs King Zedekiah that although the city will fall, he will not be executed by Nebuchadnezzar. He will die in exile peacefully and receive honors befitting a king. Zedekiah declares freedom to all enslaved Judeans, and the people willingly comply. God sees this righteous act, and the Babylonians retreat. The moment there is a reprieve, the wealthy slaveowners recapture and reenslave their poor brethren. God is infuriated that the people have shown their true selfish character. The Babylonian siege will come back in full force, and now the city is doomed.

Jeremiah is still captive in the prison yard, and the city is falling to the enemy. Surrounded by destruction, the people think that the destruction of Jerusalem means the end of their relationship with God. However, the prophet teaches that the special covenant is forever. The covenant is between God and his people, not the buildings or the temple. The people must do their part, and act justly and with righteousness. God will always keep His covenant, it is as strong as the very laws of nature themselves.

God answers Jeremiah's prayer. Yes, i am the almighty, but today I will not intervene and save the people. They deserve to be destroyed due to their own corruption. However, one day i will bring them back, and the exiles will return. On that day, an everlasting bond will be made between God and His people. The purchase you just made, is simply a message to the people that one day they will return to Jerusalem.

The siege of Jerusalem is under way, and the Kingdom is about to fall. King Zedekiah throws the prophet into jail for his "subsversive" prophecies which are now unfolding before their very eyes. God asks Jeremiah to perform a very unusual transaction, and Jeremiah turns to God for an explanation.

On that day, in the wonderous future, God will no longer appear to us from a distance. His Torah and His teachings will be engraved on our very hearts. No longer will teachers of God's word call out to teach people, as the people themselves will have God within them. Unlike Jeremiah's Israel, the people will not only listen, they themselves will know God.

After reassuring the exiles that the Ten Tribes of Israel are not lost forever, God tells the people of Judah that they will return as well. Judah will remain the home of the Temple of God. In the future days, the cycle of corruption will no longer be passed from generation to generation. Instead, the wicked will perish, the people will be united, and justice will prevail.

The Northern kingdom is lost forever! Rachel is crying for her children, as they seem to be gone forever, will Judah suffer the same fate? NO! Jeremiah reassures us that even the people of Israel, though they may seem lost, they are crying to God as well, and they will be heard. They will return to their land as well.

Jeremiah continues to write the scroll in which God desribes the wonderful day of redemption. God reminds the people of when He formed a bond of forever love with them. A bond meant to last from the time they were refugees from Egypt, all the way until the day they come back to their land after a long long exile. pronounce this message to the nations of the world, let them all see that God's love is forever and real.