Book Of Jeremiah Background

The background to jeremiah is briefly described in the superscription to the book.

Book of jeremiah background. Jeremiah began prophesying in judah halfway through the reign of josiah 640 609 b c and continued throughout the reigns of jehoahaz 609 jehoiakim 609 598 jehoiachin 598 597 and zedekiah 597 586. The book of jeremiah is recognized as his own writings and a complete book just like the book of isaiah. Jeremiah began prophesying in judah halfway through the reign of josiah 640 609 b c and continued throughout the reigns of jehoahaz 609 jehoiakim 609 598 jehoiachin 598 597 and zedekiah 597 586.

It was a period of storm and stress when the doom of entire nations including judah itself was being sealed. Jeremiah 1 17 19 thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise and speak unto them all that i command thee. The book of jeremiah.

Jeremiah s 40 year ministry was centered in judah the region of the tribes of benjamin and judah surrounding jerusalem. The book of jeremiah reflects the ever worsening situation jeremiah encountered. The major parts of the book are usually delineated as follows.

It was a period of storm and stress when the doom of entire nations including judah itself was being sealed. Prophecies against judah and jerusalem chapters 1 25 narratives about jeremiah chapters 26 45 prophecies against foreign nations chapters 46 51 and a historical appendix chapter 52. After the murder of gedaliah jeremiah was taken off to egypt by fugitive remnant jews who refused to experience nebuchadnezzar s reprisal jeremiah lived a few years in egypt and then died there.

The assyrian empire fell. In jeremiah 36 1 2 4 8 32 it is written that jeremiah collected his own writings and prophecies some speculate that he put the book together with baruch in the land of egypt but there is no way to know for certain. Jeremiah images and notes.

Josiah brought about the final spiritual revival for judah when he came to the throne in 622 b c. While some people are called into god s service as children 1 sam chapter 3 jeremiah was commissioned as a prophet to the nations even before he was conceived 1 5. At various times he had the unenviable tasks of challenging the religious hypocrisy economic dishonesty and oppressive practices of judah s leaders and those who followed them.