Divided Kingdom and the Prophets
Jeremiah Warns Jerusalem
Late seventh–sixth century BC JerusalemOld Testament
WHAT HAPPENED
The event
Jeremiah urged Judah to turn from injustice and idolatry before Babylon’s invasion and Jerusalem’s fall.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
His message shows God’s grief over sin while promising a new covenant written upon the heart.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5
“Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”
Jeremiah 20:9
PEOPLE
JeremiahJudah’s kings
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