the substance of the prophetic oracles would address not only the nation of Judah, but also other foreign nations, for all had a role to play within the divine purpose. Thus, the reference to “nations” does not refer only to foreign nations (e.g., nations from the north, as argued by de Jong in volume 1 of his De Volken bij Jeremia), but includes Judah and Israel (some of Israel’s territory had been regained from Assyria during the early part of Josiah’s reign). The call, in other words, was to be