24 Facts About Jeremiah

Jeremiah's life was marked by opposition, imprisonment, and personal struggles, according to Jeremiah 32 and 37.

Central to Jeremiah's message were prophecies of impending divine judgment, forewarning of the nation's idolatry, social injustices, and moral decay.

Jeremiah's teachings encompassed lamentations, oracles, and symbolic acts, emphasising the urgency of repentance and the restoration of a covenant relationship with God.

Jeremiah is an essential figure in both Judaism and Christianity.

Jeremiah's words are read in synagogues as part of the haftara and he is quoted in the New Testament.

Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, a priest from the land of Benjamin in the village of Anathoth.

Jeremiah was guided by God to proclaim that the nation of Judah would suffer famine, foreign conquest, plunder, and captivity in a land of strangers.

Jeremiah was said to have been appointed to reveal the sins of the people and the punishment to come.

Jeremiah condemned idolatry, the greed of priests, and false prophets.

Many years later, God instructed Jeremiah to write down these early oracles and his other messages.

However, the Lord revealed the conspiracy to Jeremiah, protected his life, and declared disaster for the people of Anathoth.

When Jeremiah complains to the Lord about this persecution, he is told that the attacks on him will become worse.

Jeremiah was sympathetic to, as well as descended from, the northern Kingdom of Israel.

Jeremiah resembles the northern prophet Hosea in his use of language and examples of God's relationship to Israel.

The biblical narrative portrays Jeremiah as being subject to additional persecutions.

The Babylonians released Jeremiah, and showed him great kindness, allowing him to choose the place of his residence, according to a Babylonian edict.

Jeremiah accordingly went to Mizpah in Benjamin with Gedaliah, who had been made governor of Judea.

The prophet Ezekiel was a son of Jeremiah according to rabbinic literature.

In 2 Maccabees 2:4ff, Jeremiah is credited with hiding the Ark, incense altar, and tabernacle on the mountain of Moses.

The oldest Islamic narration about Jeremiah was found in the tradition from Ibn Abbas, which identified Jeremiah as Khidr.

Ibn Asakir has mentioned in his work titled Tarikh Dimashq, that Jeremiah was a son of Hilkiah, who hailed from the tribe of Levy which descended from Jacob.

Jeremiah then cast a curse upon Zoroaster, causing him to suffer leprosy.

Jeremiah is listed amongst the prophets in the work of salawat Dalail al-Khayrat, an Islamic prayer collection made by Muhammad al-Jazuli from Shadhili order of Sufi.

Jeremiah has periodically been a popular first name in the United States, beginning with the early Puritan settlers, who often took the names of biblical prophets and apostles.