Jeremiah begins prophetic ministry
About this date: Jeremiah 1:2 places his call in Josiah's thirteenth year, conventionally c. 627 BCE.
Jeremiah warns Judah of covenant failure, witnesses its collapse, and proclaims the promise of a new covenant.
People
- Jeremiah
Scripture
- Jeremiah 1 — Jeremiah is called as a prophet and commissioned to speak amid opposition.
- Jeremiah 7 — At the Temple gate, Jeremiah denounces confidence in the building without justice or fidelity.
- Jeremiah 31:31–34 — God promises a new covenant with Israel and Judah, written on the heart.
Sources and further reading
Related records
- Exile, return, and unfinished restoration
- Josiah's reform and book of the Law
- Prophets
- Jeremiah
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- Baruch reads Jeremiah's scroll; Jehoiakim burns it
- Jeremiah urges the exiles to build lives in Babylon
- Jeremiah and Hananiah dispute the Babylonian yoke
- Gedaliah is killed at Mizpah; survivors flee