Jeremiah complains of the prosperity of the wicked—If other nations learn the ways of Israel, they will be numbered with Israel.

The people of Judah are cursed for breaking the covenant of obedience—The Lord will not hear their prayers.

In his prayer Habakkuk trembles at the majesty of God.

The Lord admonishes patience and promises that the just will live by faith—The earth will be filled with knowledge about God—Idols have no power.

When Habakkuk learns that the Lord will raise up the Chaldeans to overrun the land of Israel, he is troubled that the wicked can be thus employed.

Learn not the way of other nations—Their gods are idols and molten images—The Lord is the true and living God.

Jeremiah sorrows greatly because of the sins of the people—They will be scattered among the nations and punished.

Calamities will befall the inhabitants of Jerusalem—For them the harvest is past, the summer is ended, and they are not saved.

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.

Jerusalem will be destroyed because of her iniquity—She will be overrun by a great and cruel nation.