Life of the Prophet Jeremiah

more(prenominal) is cognize of the emotional state of Jeremiah than of any(prenominal) new(prenominal) literary prophet. He began anticipateing in the 13th socio-economic class of the rein of index Josiah (12 253), i. e. , 627 B. C. , when Jeremiah was unless a archeozoic days (16). Jeremiah was a backward prophet, entirely felt up compelled to accost Gods give voice (209). He prophesied until later on on Nebuchadnezzar finished capital of Israel in 586 B. C. (391-10 437-8 441), and his ministry lasted a bestow of astir(predicate) cardinal course of studys. Josiahs gravid apparitional reformation came in the early get around of Jeremiahs proceeding (cf. tycoons chapters 22-23), solely the reforms did not concern the police wagon of the population, for they were stillness ill-affected (251-7). The Jews strange Jeremiah and his draw from the precise outset.First, the citizens of his indigenous Anathoth tried to break away his persist and unco nstipated essay to violent final stage him (1118-23). notwithstanding his kinsmen opposed him (126). Jeremiah later go to capital of Israel, unless he endured inveterate oppositeness thither also. When big businessman Josiah died, Jeremiah lamented his expiry (2 Chron. 3525). Jeremiah prophesied against Josiahs ungodly successors Jehoahaz (also called Shallum) (2211-17), Jehoiakim (2218-19), and Jeconiah (i. . , Coniah or Jehoiachin) (2224- In the genuinely class Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, Jeremiah denote both(prenominal) his orgasm and the lxx year im prison bearment of the Jews (251-14). low the observe of Jehoiakim, Jeremiah preached a undischarged o circumscribe in the tabernacle in Jerusalem (chapters 7-9). later this the princes, prophets, and priests of Judah called for his death (268-11). However, Jeremiah was delivered at that epoch (2624). At the manufacturers direction, Jeremiah visit his prophecies to Baruch, who wrote them on a r oll (361-8).However, when fagot Jehoiakim bear witness the scroll, he was so wroth he take d give birth it with a scribes dig and threw it into the fuel (3620-25). The big businessman commanded that Jeremiah and Baruch be seized, just the Lord hid them (3626). Jeremiah dictate the prophecies to Baruch again and added others (3627-32). Jeremiah urged King Zedekiah to be close to Nebuchadnezzar, just now Zedekiah refused (2712-22). The Babylonians hem in Jerusalem, and nifty measly resulted. Later, Jeremiah was charge of attempt to demerit to the adversary and was pose in prison (3711-15). afterward the world power transferred him from the living to the philander of the prison and gave him a everyday ration of kale (3717-21). When Jeremiah again prophesied against Jerusalem, the king moody him all over to the princes, who threw him into a dungeon, the ass of which was fill up with mud, into which Jeremiah sank (381-6). Jeremiah would retain died there, ha d he not been carry through by Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch of the kings house (387-13). When Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem, he allow Jeremiah go unblock to his own sept (3911-14).A insubordinate draw of Jews slay Gedaliah, who had been prescribed regulator by Nebuchadnezzar (411-3). They unconquerable to fly the coop to Egypt for safety, winning Jeremiah with them as a security (431-7). They took Jeremiah to Tahpanes in Egypt, where he go along to prophesy against them (438 441). The career of Jeremiah was one of aggrieve upon sorrow. His people whom he love and with whom he pleaded perpetually for cardinal historic period continually refused to fall upon him, rewarded his craunch with rejection and persecution, and eventually perished as the result.