Jeremiah is an important figure in both Judaism and Christianity.
16 Facts About Jeremiah
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Jeremiah's words are read in synagogues as part of the Haftara and he is quoted in the New Testament.
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Jeremiah was active as a prophet from the thirteenth year of Josiah, king of Judah, until after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 587 BC.
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Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, a priest from the land of Benjamin in the village of Anathoth.
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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.
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Jeremiah was said to have been appointed to reveal the sins of the people and the punishment to come.
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Jeremiah condemned idolatry, the greed of priests, and false prophets.
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Many years later, God instructed Jeremiah to write down these early oracles and his other messages.
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However, the Lord revealed the conspiracy to Jeremiah, protected his life, and declared disaster for the men of Anathoth.
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When Jeremiah complains to the Lord about this persecution, he is told that the attacks on him will become worse.
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Jeremiah was sympathetic to, as well as descended from, the northern Kingdom of Israel.
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Jeremiah resembles the northern prophet Hosea in his use of language and examples of God's relationship to Israel.
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The biblical narrative portrays Jeremiah as being subject to additional persecutions.
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The Babylonians released Jeremiah, and showed him great kindness, allowing him to choose the place of his residence, according to a Babylonian edict.
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Jeremiah accordingly went to Mizpah in Benjamin with Gedaliah, who had been made governor of Judea.
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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.