Jeremiah
Old Testament · Major Prophets · 52 chapters
Jeremiah warns Judah before the fall of Jerusalem, suffers for his message and announces a new covenant written on the heart.
CovenantExile & ReturnRepentance
Context
- Genre
- Prophecy and biography
- Authorship
- Jeremiah, with the scribe Baruch
- Date
- 7th–6th centuries BCE
- Setting
- Judah and Egypt
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- שׁוּבshuv — turn back, return
- Related texts
- 2 Kings 22–25 · reign and fall of JudahLamentations 1 · lament for the fall
- Text note
- The Greek version of Jeremiah is shorter than the Hebrew and in a different order.