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In our Chapter, we come to the end of the fifty-two chapters of the Book of Jeremiah. In retrospect, what seems to particularly characterize this remarkably prolific prophet?<\/span><\/p>\n

Contemporary Biblical research has noted a significant correlation between Moses and Jeremiah. It has been suggested that Jeremiah consciously modeled himself on his prophetic predecessor Moses. This is particularly evident in how the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy Chapter 32) is reflected in some of Jeremiah\u2019s prophetic pronouncements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Significantly, the rabbinic sages anticipated academic scholarship in detailing parallels between Moses and Jeremiah. Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana, \u201cDivre Yirmiyahu\u201d (Pisqa 13:6) notes that God\u2019s promise to Moses: \u201cI will raise up a prophet\u2026like you\u201d (Deuteronomy 18:18) conflicts with what is stated further on: \u201cNever again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses\u201d (Deuteronomy 34:10). This contradiction is resolved by suggesting that a prophet like Moses refers to Jeremiah who will be like Moses in reproaching Israel. Indeed, much of what is written of Moses is similarly written of Jeremiah. Both prophesied for forty years, both prophesied concerning Judah and Israel, both were opposed by members of their own tribe. Moses was cast into a river and Jeremiah was cast into a pit. Moses was saved by a maidservant and Jeremiah was saved by a slave. But most important, like Moses, Jeremiah reproached his fellow Israelites (compare Deuteronomy 32:5 and on with Jeremiah Chapter 2 and on).<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to this midrashic tradition, Jeremiah is said to have declined the honor to be compared with Moses. When God told him to follow Moses as the spiritual guide of Israel, Jeremiah replied: \u201cWho am I to take the place of Moses? I hope only to merit being his disciple\u201d (see Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, \u201cThe Exile\u201d, note 13).<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as Moses is considered to be the first and foremost of the Biblical prophets (see Maimonides, Principles of Faith 7), so Jeremiah is said \u2013 surprisingly \u2013 to be \u201cthe Last of all the Prophets\u201d. But chronologically the Prophets Haggai, Zecharia and Malachi surely prophesied after Jeremiah! This apparent contradiction is resolved by noting that the prophecies of these last three prophets were relatively short compared to the extensive prophecies of Jeremiah. Moreover, other Biblical prophets begin with words of reproach but end with words of comfort, whereas Jeremiah\u2019s prophecies conclude with a final oracle of destruction: \u201c\u2018Thus shall Babylon sink and never rise again, because of the disaster that I will bring upon it \u2026Thus far the words of Jeremiah\u201d (Jeremiah 51:54) (see Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana 13:14).<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the Book of Jeremiah does conclude on a somewhat more positive note. We are told that when Judean King Jehoiachin was released from prison, he: \u201cremoved his prison clothes \u2026 A regular allotment of food was given him by order of the king of Babylon, an allotment for each day, to the day of his death\u2014all the days of his life\u201d (Jeremiah 52:31-34).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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