Jeremiah (1 янв 647 г. до нашей эры – 1 янв 580 г. до нашей эры)

Описание:

Writer(s): Jeremiah
Place Written: Judah; Egypt
Writing Completed: 580 B.C.E.
Time Covered: 647-580 B.C.E.

Prophecies and a historical record written by Jeremiah at the direction of Jehovah. Jeremiah was commissioned as prophet in the 13th year of King Josiah (647 B.C.E) to warn the southern kingdom, Judah, of her impending destruction. This was less than a century after the prophet Isaiah's activity and the fall of Israel, the northern kingdom, to the Assyrians.

When Written
For the most part, the book of Jeremiah was not written at the time he declared the prophecies. Rather, Jeremiah evidently did not put any of his proclamations into writing until he was commanded by Jehovah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim (625 B.C.E.), to dictate all the words given him by Jehovah to date. This included not only words spoken about Judah in Josiah's time but also proclamations of judgement on all the nations. (Jer 36:1, 2) The resulting scroll was burned by Jehoiakim when Jehudi read it to him. But Jeremiah was ordered to write it over, which he did through his secretary Baruch, with many additional words. - 36:21-23, 28, 32.

it-2 pp. 32-34