Overview of the Book of Jeremiah

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The overview of the week for this Sunday is the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet.

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He also wrote the book of Lamentations. Jeremiah was both a prophet and a priest, and his ministry began in the 7th century

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B .C. and spanned a period of over five decades. The book of Jeremiah, I think, has to be one of the most negative books in all of the

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Bible because the theme of his preaching was warning and judgment. Jeremiah declared that if the people did not repent, then

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God would bring destruction upon the nation. The Jews obviously didn't want to hear this, and because they didn't want to hear it, they persecuted the prophet

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Jeremiah. They preferred instead to listen to the false prophets who spoke only good words, who preached peace, peace, when there was no peace.

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Jeremiah was despised for preaching the word of God. He was threatened, tried for his life, put in stocks, and thrown into a pit, among other things.

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Jeremiah mainly addressed the southern kingdom of Judah, but at times he addressed other nations as well.

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Chapter 1 begins with Jeremiah's call, chapter 1, verse 4. Then the word of the

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Lord came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born,

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I sanctified you. I ordained you a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah then responds to the

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Lord and says, I can't preach, I can't speak, for I am just a youth. I'm too young.

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And the Lord responded and said, He said, Do not say that I am a youth, for you shall go to all to whom

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I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you, says the

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Lord. A very significant part of Jeremiah's prophecy is found in chapter 31, where he speaks of the new covenant.

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So it's interesting, in the Old Testament scriptures, the new covenant is prophesied.

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So in conclusion, unfortunately, the nation did not heed his message.

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Judgment came, the first temple, Solomon's temple, was destroyed as Jerusalem fell to the

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Babylonians in the year 586 or 587 BC. The people were then carried away captive into Babylon for 70 years.