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Chapter twenty-two seems to continue from chapter twenty-one, with Jeremiah going to see King Zedekiah. It is not until Jeremiah 22:18 that we discover this chapter has actually gone twenty years back in time to King Jehoiakim, son of godly King Josiah. Because Josiah followed God’s law, God promised that he would die in peace, […]
Chapter twenty-one seems to begin a new section of this book. In the first twenty chapters, the only indication of time given is in Jeremiah 1:1-3 and Jeremiah 3:6. Chapter one indicates the time span over which God spoke to Jeremiah, while chapter three specifies that the following prophecies were during the reign of Josiah
Chapter twenty closes the first major section of this book and finishes the story started in chapter eighteen. Jeremiah’s life had been threatened multiple times, but Jeremiah 20:1-6 records a specific example of what Jeremiah faced. Passhur, the priest in charge of Temple security, heard Jeremiah’s message in chapter 19, so he had Jeremiah beaten
