It is important to observe that Jeremiah takes this stand on other than political grounds. The newspapers did not indicate such a judgment. Rather Jeremiah’s decisive political judgment is made on clear theological grounds. He is able to work in the historical process in free, radical, and surprising ways. Jeremiah as a model does not suggest being an expert in a secular discipline like political science, but he knows especially about the scandalous ways of YHWH. So he announces not only that Babylon