The prophetic book recording the oracles and biography of Jeremiah — the 'weeping prophet' who warned Judah of Babylonian destruction, witnessed the fall of Jerusalem, and meditated on the anguish of prophetic calling.
The new covenant: Jeremiah's promise that God will make a covenant written on the heart rather than on stone tablets — one of the most important passages in the Hebrew Bible and a foundation of Christian theology. The confessions of Jeremiah: personal laments of extraordinary psychological depth about the burden of prophetic calling. Historical narrative of the fall of Jerusalem (587 BCE). The consolation of the 70 years: a promised end to exile.
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