Septuagint: Jeremiah: Jeremiah index

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The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book from the Hebrew Bible, belonging to the tradition of the "latter prophets," combining poetic oracles, lament poetry, and historical prose narrative. Its central argument is that the Kingdom of Judah has catastrophically broken its covenant with God through persistent idolatry and social injustice, making Babylonian conquest not merely inevitable but divinely ordained — a position that brought Jeremiah into direct, dramatic conflict with kings, priests, and rival prophets who preached security. A distinctive feature is Jeremiah's "confessions" — raw, anguished personal laments in which he accuses God of deceiving him and questions his own prophetic calling, giving the book an unusual psychological intimacy absent from most prophetic literature. The book also contains a "Book of Consolation" (chapters 30–33) promising national restoration and a future "new covenant" written on human hearts rather than stone, which became theologically influential in later Jewish and Christian thought. The latter half pivots to historical narrative, tracing Jerusalem's fall to Babylon in 586 BCE, Jeremiah's own mistreatment and imprisonment, and oracles against foreign nations including an extended condemnation of Babylon itself. Readers interested in theodicy, prophetic dissent against political power, or the theology of judgment and hope will find the fullest ancient treatment of those themes here.

Septuagint: Jeremiah: Jeremiah index

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