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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...

31 As in v. 27, the triple introduction undergirds the implausible promise—one Yahweh might not fulfill in the next few months but certainly will fulfill sooner rather than later. To solemnize a pledge is literally to “cut” it; Jer 34 will clarify the background to that expression. A pledge is then a solemn commitment that one party makes to another or that two parties make to each other (see the commentary on 11:1–17). Yahweh again makes explicit that he is talking about a relationship with Israel
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