At the end of each ‘word’ chapter I shall gather together some theological reflections to serve as building blocks for a Jeremianic theology of the word of God. The four reflections that follow can be no more than tentative at this stage; in subsequent chapters I shall aim to reinforce and extend them. 1. The word of God is the subject of the book of Jeremiah, addressing us just as it once addressed him. In the opening two verses of Jeremiah the book presents itself