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The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations cannot be separated from the political conditions of ancient Judah. Beginning with the righteous king Josiah, who ushered in a time of glorious but brief religious reform, Jeremiah reflects the close tie between spiritual and political prosperity or disaster, between the actions and heart of Judah and her kings and their fortunes as a nation. While few of...

31:31–34. This well-known passage, with its proclamation of a new covenant (berit ḥadaša), is a summary of Jeremiah’s message. It moves from the righteous judgment that has come on Israel and Judah because of their disobedience to the restoration of God’s people in a new relationship with him. God’s torah (“law,” the verbal expression of his will) will become a constituent part of a person/people when God writes it on their hearts. This striking claim is a play on God’s writing of the Ten Commandments
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