Jeremiah
Jeremiah records the prophecies of the weeping prophet who warned Judah of coming judgment for forty years before the Babylonian exile. His messages combine warnings of destruction with promises of a new covenant.
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๐ About This Book
Purpose
To record God's final warnings to Judah before exile and to promise a new covenant that would transform hearts from the inside.
Audience
The people of Judah in the years before and during the Babylonian conquest.
Key Themes
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Did You Know?
- Called the 'weeping prophet' for weeping over Jerusalem
- Prophesied for 40 years and was largely rejected
- Predicted the exile would last exactly 70 years - and it did
- Contains the New Covenant prophecy (31:31-34)
- The longest book in the Bible by word count
- Was forbidden by God to marry as a sign of judgment
- Was thrown into a muddy cistern and left to die
- The king cut up and burned his scroll - so he wrote it again
- Dictated his prophecies to Baruch the scribe
- Prophesied during the last five kings of Judah