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Jeremiah is the longest of the five major prophetical books of the Old Testament. In addition to being lengthy, the book’s message is mostly gloomy, is non-chronological in its development and is difficult of understanding without a thorough knowledge of its historical background. For these reasons, Jeremiah is often neglected by students of the Old Testament. However, this neglect is...

uncle and Josiah’s youngest son, on the throne of Judah. The nation of Judah was left with no capable leaders. Zedekiah was a weak, vacillating leader who heeded the words of the false prophets and his ungodly counsellors more often than he heeded the inspired words of Jeremiah. When he, in the year 588 B.C., entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar sent his armies to besiege Jerusalem. After a one and one-half years siege, Jerusalem fell to the besiegers. The city, the temple,
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