A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming (Biblia.com)

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Jeremiah’s poignant lament over Judah’s social and religious disintegration reflects God’s own pathos-laden yearning for his disobedient covenant people. In this widely praised expository commentary Walter Brueggemann, one of the premier Old Testament scholars of our time, explores the historical setting and message of Jeremiah as well as the text’s relevance for the church today. Offering a...

Yahweh is not, however, fated to any decree of the past, nor is Judah in exile fated by Yahweh’s old decree. God can do a new thing. This is a moment of a new decree from Yahweh which opens a new future from God for Judah. As exile is Israel’s most devastating judgment, so homecoming and restoration to the land are Israel’s deepest yearning and God’s best gift. The God who has displaced Judah will now restore Judah. This is, in God’s heart and in Judah’s faith, a moment for radical newness, rooted

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