of the unjust encroachment of the empirical forces of the Babylonians. The book never shows Jeremiah as backing off of this message, not even when the city experiences its final siege. In fact, the prophetic oracles cast that siege as the direct divine punishment for failing to fully submit to Babylonian rule throughout these turbulent years. It is obvious, then, why those running the city and urging policies of resistance and rebellion would have viewed such a message as treasonous. By placing these