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In this drawing, Jeremiah is depicted against a backdrop that traces his career from his earliest prophecy &#8211; that of the almond tree that in quick succession sprouts, buds, flowers, and bears fruit (left) &#8211; to his final prophecy &#8211; the Babylonians (represented by a lion) pursuing the Judeans in Egypt (right).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the center of the backdrop are the regional empires in whose power struggles the Judean nation were caught: Assyria, Egypt, and Babylon (left to right).\u00a0 Parallel but asynchronously to Jeremiah (foreground), the leaders of the Jews (middle ground) move in procession:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Josiah,\u00a0 who galvanized a movement of religious reform, and was killed in battle with Egypt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jehoahaz, his son, whose few months as king ended with his exile to and demise in Egypt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, who burned Jeremiah\u2019s prophetic messages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeconiah, his son, who was taken in chains with the first Babylonian exile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zedekiah, the last king of Judea who was blinded and executed by the Babylonians<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gedaliah ben Ahikam, the Babylonian governor who was assassinated by his fellow Jews<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johanan ben Kareah, who ignored Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy and lead the remaining Jewish population to Egypt where they were pursued and killed by the Babylonians.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>image: courtesy of the author\/artist<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":72873,"id":72873,"title":"jer-end-Jeremiah_ Life and Times of the Prophet","filename":"jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-career-of-jeremiah\/jer-end-jeremiah_-life-and-times-of-the-prophet\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer-end-jeremiah_-life-and-times-of-the-prophet","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":72872,"date":"2020-04-05 12:23:59","modified":"2020-04-05 12:24:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2320,"height":1209,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-300x156.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":156,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-768x400.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-1024x534.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":534,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":800,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1067,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-1200x625.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":625,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer-end-Jeremiah_-Life-and-Times-of-the-Prophet-806x420.jpg","home_baner-width":806,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"The Career Of Jeremiah","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Five kings, three empires - 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