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Of the Major Prophets, Jeremiah is perhaps the least straightforward. It is variously comprised of stories about the prophet Jeremiah, exchanges between Jeremiah and Yahweh, and messages directly from Yahweh—meaning a consciousness of form is essential to the understanding of its content. At times it is written in poetry, resembling Isaiah, while at other times it is written in prose, more...

Jehoiakim, who encouraged the dismantling of Josiah’s reformation. A key event during his reign was the Battle of Carchemish in 605, when Babylonian and Median forces again defeated the armies of Assyria and Egypt. This event had decisive implications for the future of Judah. Judah would thenceforth come under the domination of the Babylonians, who were from that time the people who wanted to control the Levant. The next year saw Nebuchadrezzar3 campaigning there, and Jer 36 gives a dramatic account
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