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Chapter 36 describes the historical processes of this period in great detail, from Jeremiah’s vantage point. The chapter opens in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign, which is the first year of Nebuchadnezzar’s. The prophet is commanded to take a scroll and record all his prophecies, from Josiah’s reign until now, from 627 through 605 BCE. He wishes to compose a document that will open the people’s hearts. Jeremiah’s main problem is that he has remained unknown. For years, no one paid him any heed; he was overlooked in the streets of Jerusalem, and his own village rejected him. After Josiah’s death, Jeremiah begins to receive negative attention around the Temple and the palace. The people continue blindly following the Temple prophets and priests, who feed them a fixed formula: The Temple will protect us; loyalty to Egypt is our mainstay; and fealty to the king is our future. These sound bites stifle any public discontent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, Jeremiah has been trying to improve society’s character and mend society’s moral fabric. He has long abandoned his prophecies of doom regarding idol worship. Local leaders have weakened the crucial link between improving society and remaining on the land. They have convinced the people that their possession of the land is unassailable. Jeremiah writes his scroll for use when this wall of denial begins to crack: “Perhaps the House of Judah will hear all the evil I am planning to do to [it], so that each man will return from his wicked ways, and I will forgive their sins and iniquities” (36:3). Jeremiah clings to a single thread of hope that the people will repent and the terrible decree will be revoked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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