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Chapter 52 is essentially a copy of chapters 24\u201325 in II Kings. To understand chapter 52, one must first look at the end of chapter 51.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And say, \u2018Thus shall Babylon sink and never rise again, because of the disaster that I will bring upon it. And [nations] shall have wearied themselves [for fire].\u2019 Thus far the words of Jeremiah (51:64).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak explains that Jeremiah\u2019s final prophecy was about Babylonia and then he had no more prophecies. Chapter 52 was added by the compiler of his prophecies (perhaps by Baruch) to close out the book in a similar fashion to II Kings. Radak also brings Maimonides\u2019s opinion that chapter 51 was the last of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecies and that he actually lost his prophetic connection afterwards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But why add chapter 52? Jeremiah already had a chapter earlier that detailed the destruction of Jerusalem and the subsequent exile. His book also continues beyond the destruction and into exile in Egypt. It is not as if this information was missing. One answer may be in comparison with the books of Isaiah and Ezekiel. The book of Isaiah ends with a prophecy. The compiler of Isaiah\u2019s prophecies did not seem to need to end with a narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The book of Ezekiel ends with a narrative\/prophecy hybrid. At the end of Ezekiel, God gives the prophet the measurements of the new boundaries of the tribes of Israel when they return to the Land. This matches up with the need to end Jeremiah with a narrative about the destruction. This way the two books which overlap chronologically combine to create a destruction\/return narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps the three books all do end with narrative if one subscribes to the theory that the book of Isaiah is actually two books with the first part through chapter 39 concerning prophecies of Isaiah himself and the rest of the book from the school of Isaiah, for Isaiah chapter 39 also concludes with a narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Looking at it this way one can synthesize all three major books of the prophets. Each book ends with a narrative situating the prophet as part of a three-act arc. In Act I, Isaiah ends with Hezekiah calmed by the fact that the destruction will not happen in his day, although the destruction will happen. In Act II, Jeremiah ends with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. In Act III, Ezekiel, the story is resolved heralding the return of the Twelve Tribes to the land of Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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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>\r\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>\r\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>\r\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>\r\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>\r\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>\r\n

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Jeremiah ends with a repetition of the enigmatic epilogue to the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem that concludes the Book of Kings. After describing the burning of the Temple and the exile of people we fast forward 27 years into the Babylonian exile and end with this little episode about the treatment of the Exiled King Jehoiachin:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIn the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evilmerodach of Babylon, in the year he became king, took note of King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a throne above those of other kings who were with him in Babylon. His prison garments were removed, and [Jehoiachin] received regular rations by his favor for the rest of his life. A regular allotment of food was given him at the instance of the king\u2014an allotment for each day\u2014all the days of his life\u201d (II Kings, 25:27-30).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commentators are divided on how to read this tale. Is Evilmerodach\u2019s action an expression of the ultimate degradation of Judah? Or should we see the material improvement of the former king as a sign of comfort and hope?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The repetition allows me to revisit and revise my view on this from the Book of Kings. There are a couple of telling comparisons in the vignette to the story of Joseph, where the hero is also sprung from prison and brought before the king. First, note that the phrase <\/span>\u201cv\u2019yisa rosh\u201d<\/span><\/i> describing Evilmerodach\u2019s freeing of Jehoiachin , also appears in the Joseph story. But there it is used not about the freeing of Joseph himself, but rather for the liberation from prison of Pharaoh's butler.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi (Gen. 40:23) says that <\/span>v\u2019yisa rosh<\/span><\/i> means \u201che counted him once again with his other servants.\u201d So, the use of the same phrase about Jehoiachin may imply not his elevation but rather his ongoing subjugation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, there is a subtle echo of Joseph when Jehoiachin changes his prison clothes. Joseph also changed his clothes when he came to stand before Pharaoh. However, Malbim notes that a different word for change is used. Joseph <\/span>exchanges<\/span><\/i> (v\u2019yachlef)<\/span><\/i> his clothes, meaning he changed one set for another. But, Jehoiachin merely alters (<\/span>v\u2019shina<\/span><\/i>) his garments; that is, he changed something about the same clothes. Malbim suggests that he was now allowed to pin a badge of honour on his old outfit, \u201cso that he would constantly remember the good that had been done to him by taking him out of jail and bringing him to the king\u2019s table.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this reading, the subtle contrast with Joseph implies that Jehoiachin\u2019s change was not a redemptive transformation, but rather a more refined form of humiliation. While the material improvement in his condition does hold a seed of hope, the liberation of Jehoiachin \u2019s people will still be a long time yet in coming.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":72858,"alt":"","title":"jer52-hope","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","width":1920,"height":1079,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-1024x575.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":575,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":863,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1079,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-1200x674.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":674,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Degradation Or Hope?","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"An ambiguous ending","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":72858,"alt":"","title":"jer52-hope","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","width":1920,"height":1079,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-1024x575.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":575,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":863,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1079,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-1200x674.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":674,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jer52-hope-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"52","chapter_main_number":"452","date":"20270524","wall_id":"452"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":6,"id":"72860","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The End: Comparison and Contrast ","post_title":"The End: Comparison and Contrast","slug":"the-end-comparison-and-contrast","old_id":"72860","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34243,"post_title":"Moshe Sokolow","slug":"moshe-sokolow","old_id":"34243","first_name":"Moshe","last_name":"Sokolow","description":"Dr. Moshe Sokolow is Associate Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, and teaches a weekly class in parashat hashavu`a at Lincoln Square Synagogue. 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This final chapter in the Book of Jeremiah is nearly identical with 2 Kings 24:18-25:30; essentially, the last chapter in that earlier biblical book. Since we have already examined the duplication of material between the books of Isaiah and Kings (see <\/span>our comments to Isaiah 36<\/span><\/a>), it does not surprise us that a similar overlap exists between Kings and Jeremiah. Indeed, the Sages (Baba Batra 15a) even attributed the redaction of Kings to Jeremiah, noting that \u201cJeremiah wrote his own book, and the Book of Kings, and Lamentations\u201d (see<\/span> our comments to Jeremiah 36<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The two texts, however, are not entirely identical, and the several differences between them\u2014pertaining to the fate of King Zedekiah\u2014are instructive. <\/span>2 Kings 25 <\/span>states: \u201c<\/span>They captured the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah; and they put him on trial. They slaughtered Zedekiah\u2019s sons before his eyes; then Zedekiah\u2019s eyes were put out. He was chained in bronze fetters and he was brought to Babylon\u201d (6-7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In our chapter, however, several additional details appear:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They captured the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the region of Hamath; and he put him on trial. The king of Babylon had Zedekiah\u2019s sons slaughtered before his eyes; he also had all the officials of Judah slaughtered at Riblah. Then the eyes of Zedekiah were put out, and he was chained in bronze fetters. The king of Babylon brought him to Babylon and put him in prison, [where he remained] to the day of his death. (9-11)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While the differences may appear, at first glance, to be minimal, the very last one is quite significant. While Zedekiah spent the rest of his life in prison (and we have no idea how long that was), his predecessor, Jehoiachin, fared much better, allowing the book that the Sages characterized as \u201cwholly catastrophic\u201d (<\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a>) to end on a note of consolation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evilmerodach of Babylon, in the year he became king, took note of King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne above those of other kings who were with him in Babylon. His prison garments were removed, and [Jehoiachin] received regular rations by his favor for the rest of his life. A regular allotment of food was given him at the instance of the king\u2014an allotment for each day\u2014all the days of his life. (27-29)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As we noted in our concluding remarks to 2 Kings, \u201c<\/span>According to later Jewish sources, the descendants of Jehoiachin became the exilarchs (<\/span>Rashei Golah<\/span><\/i>), empowered by the Babylonians\u2014and, later, the Persians, Medes, Greeks, Romans, and Muslims\u2014to oversee whatever self-rule the Jews of Babylonia were granted by their overlords.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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And then it happened, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>just as you said it would.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Fire, and siege, and eyes put out:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>armies scattered, jail cells rusted shut.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They carried off the holy instruments,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>the bronze pillars and the water tank,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and all we had left were our words.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Words that didn\u2019t stop death;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

words we still read today,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>millennia in the future.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Words that keep us alive,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>just as You said they would.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

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I, Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, <\/span>yeled tov Yerushalaim, <\/span><\/i>a nice boy from Jerusalem, am about to close my book. This is my last chapter and it is painful. It\u2019s hard to conclude with the destruction of Jerusalem, my beautiful city, a magical place that embraces light. I am afraid, terrified by the thoughts of destruction and fire, devastation and exile. It pains me to see the Temple destroyed, the people scattered, feeling the agony that consumes us. The Babylonians are attacking:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar moved against Jerusalem with his whole army\u2026.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine had become acute in the city; there was no food left for the common people. Then [the wall of] the city was breached.<\/span><\/i>\u201d (Jer.52:4-7)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

With a broken heart and a devastated soul, I reached out to God. I reminded My Creator of my first chapter. Remember? I did not choose this path, it was God that chose it for me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God then gave me a second chance, fast-forwarding a few eras, to look to the future and see, experience and explore the Jerusalem of Gold.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I sat at the magnificent terrace of the King David Hotel, intrigued by the many flags displayed at the lobby and the many signatures of dignitaries and celebrities inscribed on the tiles of the floor. I was mesmerized by hearing so many languages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I savored a cup of Wissotzky tea and enjoyed an Elite chocolate while waiting for my guests.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have only one question to ask each one of them, \u201cwhat does Jerusalem mean to you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My guests joined and shared with me this magnificent view of the walls that hug the Old City.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Naomi Shemer answered: This is the city to which I come to sing when my soul needs comfort.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yehuda Amichai added: It\u2019s my city, my home, it is the tank of oxygen for the scuba diver, it will be impossible to breath without her.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Amos Oz replied: It\u2019s a city filled with stories of love and darkness that connect me with my past.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zelda looked at me and cried: it\u2019s complicated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dahlia Ravikovitch fell in love with the gestalt of the moment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hayim Nachman Bialik said: In this place, I can experience the <\/span>shechina<\/span><\/i> protecting me under her wings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I thanked God for this intimate gathering with great poets of the twentieth century and enveloped in awe, I traveled back to my own time. Although the Babylonians were destroying my city, my home, I knew this time that one day my words will be heard around a table, on the terrace of the King David Hotel, whispered in Hebrew because my people will be back to my city and rebuild her.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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52:34 \u201cAnd his provision was a perpetual provision given him by the king of Babylonia day after day till his dying day, all the days of his life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This verse is also the last verse of the Book of Kings. Its editorial inclusion here is an attempt to mitigate the national catastrophe that Jeremiah has repeatedly predicted and that is reported in this chapter. The concluding image intimates a hopeful possibility of future restoration: a Davidic king is recognized as king, even in captivity, and is given a daily provision appropriate to his royal status. As he sits on his throne elevated above the thrones of the other captive kings, the audience of the story is invited to imagine a scion of David again sitting on his throne in Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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At the dawn I seek Thee, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Rock and refuge tried, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In due service speak <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Thee Morn and eventide. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Neath Thy greatness shrinking, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Stand I sore afraid, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>All my secret thinking <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Bare before Thee laid. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Little to Thy glory <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Heart or tongue can do; <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Small remains the story, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Add we spirit too. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Yet since man's praise ringing <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>May seem good to Thee, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will praise Thee singing <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>While Thy breath's in me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(Shlomo ibn Gabirol, \"At the Dawn\")\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Some 2,600 years ago, Jeremiah was sitting in prison, mired in personal misery and national tragedy, when God commanded him to purchase a field. Nothing had come of his multiple visions \u2014 no glorious monarchy and no reunification; only a continuous descent into despair, culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem, and exile to Babylonia. Just before that nadir, God explained to Jeremiah why he was to purchase the field \u2014 God closes no door without opening a window. The fate of the nation was sealed \u2014 yet the nation was destined to resurrect itself, upon the land promised to its forefathers:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in My furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and cause them to live in safety [...] I will never stop doing them good, and I will inspire them to fear Me, never turning away from Me\u201d (Jer. 32:37-41).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Babylonian exile eventually ended, followed by the Second Commonwealth and then conquest by Persia, Greece, and Rome. The destruction of the Second Temple led to a new exile that lasted until the twentieth century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We are now in the midst of a third attempt to establish a national home in our ancestral land, but often fear that history might be repeating itself: The leaders have sinned, and the prophets stray after worthless idols. The streets of Jerusalem still throng with false prophets who earnestly claim, \"The tradition of our forefathers is in our hands; the Third Temple shall not be destroyed!\" Once again, they seek to lull us into a sense of false security, to make us forget the grave responsibility we shoulder: to be worthy of this national home, this Jewish state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The State of Israel has no insurance policy. It is our role to protect and maintain it. There are many good people who strive to rectify the ills of the Jewish state \u2014 to reduce socioeconomic disparity, to break down the walls that divide us, to bridge language gaps, to include rather than reject. I sincerely pray that this book inspires us to re-excavate the treasures of our past, drawing upon them to rebuild a Jewish identity, a Jewish culture that will shed light and goodness upon all it touches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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  1. Dry but<\/span> <\/em>harsh<\/em>. The destruction is described here in a quantitative sort of way. What happened to whom; lists of numbers, dry data. Without feeling, without lamenting. Without even moralizing or reprimands. So different from Jeremiah\u2019s prophecies. So harsh as the epilogue to a book of prophecies that no one wanted to hear.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Why was Jerusalem destroyed?<\/em> And who is responsible? In verses 2-3 there are three different answers to the question. One political - and two theological. Can you tell which is which?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. If this story sounds familiar\u2026<\/em> Then that\u2019s because we\u2019ve already seen part of it 13 chapters ago in Jeremiah 39, and also at the end of the Books of Kings - 119 chapters ago.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Tough love<\/em>. 158 chapters ago (I Kings 7), the detailed description of Solomon\u2019s Temple expressed excitement and hope. Verses 17-23 can be read as a farewell song to that Temple. Item by item, with the pain of a lover.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. A happy ending (sort of)<\/em>. The improvement in Jehoiachin\u2019s standing, the scion of the exiled Davidic dynasty, is the best news this story could have provided. This too is a comfort. With thanks to the editor, for a little bit of good will...<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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