Jeremiah was born into a priestly family. He was the son of Hilkiah from the village of Anathoth [22][23] The Book of Jeremiah says that Jeremiah was called by Yahweh to prophesy Jerusalem’s destruction [24] that would occur by invaders from the North.[25] This was because Israel had been unfaithful to the laws of the covenant and had forsaken God by worshiping the Baals.[26] The people of Israel had even gone as far as building high altars to Baal in order to burn their children in fire as offerings to Baal.[27] This nation had deviated so far from God that they had actually broken the covenant, forcing God to withdraw his blessings. Jeremiah was guided by God to proclaim that the nation of Israel would be faced with famine, be plundered and taken captive by foreigners who would exile them to a foreign land.[28] and [29]
Jeremiah’s ministry was active from the thirteenth year of Josiah, king of Judah (626 BC), until sometime after the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in 587 BC.[30] This period spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoichin, and Zedekiah.[31]
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