coupled with Israel’s failure and exile at the end of the book, help bring its message and its theology more clearly into focus. The ultimate purpose of the book of Jeremiah is not to get Israel to keep the Law so they will not be exiled. The ultimate purpose is to tell us how God will graciously save Israel in spite of their disobedience, through the Messiah and the new covenant (Jer. 30–33). It is in this light that we more clearly appreciate the Torah’s ultimate goal as well. Israel is repeatedly