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Jeremiah is a long and complex book written in the closing years of Judah before the exile. Longman provides clear and accessible commentary, drawing out covenant as a central theme: the people’s violation, the consequences, and the promise of a new covenant to come. He also provides solid help for understanding and applying the ancient genre of lament found in Lamentations.

Again, the opening words of the oracle anticipate an unspecified future time when the conditions that are described in what follows will come to fruition (the time is coming). While vague in terms of time reference, the formula also makes it clear that fulfillment is certain. What follows is the startling promise that God will make a new covenant with the people of God (the house of Israel and the house of Judah). The next few verses go on to describe the new covenant in contrast to what is implicitly
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