during Jeremiah’s career, all of that changes. The people revert to their idolatrous ways, and the chosen city of Jerusalem is sacked by the Babylonians, who exile the vast majority of the nation’s citizenry. Second, Jeremiah is pivotal for an understanding of God’s covenant relationship with his people. They stand under three covenants with God: the Abrahamic (the choice of a people to bring redemption to the world), the Mosaic (the establishment of that people as holy, living in a promised land),