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Throughout the writings of Jeremiah—in Jeremiah and Lamentations—the predominant theme is God's sovereignty. In the book of Jeremiah, we see that God retains the ability to choose his prophet, to determine the fate of the nations, and to continue to hold out both the threat of destruction and the hope of deliverance. Lamentations examines the same themes from the viewpoint of the sufferers....

or sermonic—within the biographical sections; there are sermonic oracles placed alongside poetic oracles (e.g., Jeremiah 7); there are poetic sections within sermonic oracles; etc. At times, it is even difficult for translators to decide whether a section is poetry or prose. A simple comparison of the NIV to any other modern translation will bear this out. So, while I will be following the NIV’s lead in these matters, the reader needs to be aware that there is some level of subjectivity involved
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