JEREMIAH 27-29. Certain linguistic peculiarities (_e.g._ the incorrect
spelling, Nebuchadnezzar) suggest that these three Chapter s may have
circulated as a separate pamphlet, _e.g._ in Babylon. They deal with
the rebuke of false hopes concerning a speedy return from exile.
JEREMIAH 30-31. THE FUTU... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 44. DENUNCIATION OF THE JEWISH WORSHIP OF ISHTAR IN EGYPT.
Jeremiah points to the desolation of Judah as the experienced
consequence of idolatry, notwithstanding Yahweh's warnings (Jeremiah
44:1). Why, then, do they repeat the offence, forgetting the past?
Yahweh will destroy the remnant in... [ Continue Reading ]