Book of Jeremiah Figures

If you were to see him on the street, your first thought might be, "Hey, Jeremiah's a pretty weepy guy"—hence his nickname, "The Weeping Prophet." He brings news from God, but hardly any of it is...

In Jeremiah, God's focused on one major concern: destroying everything. God has put up with the Israelites' disobedient ways long enough. He's given them endless second chances to return to him, an...

Baruch is Jeremiah's scribe. He records all of his boss's dire warnings and totally depressing prophecies, putting his own life at risk. At one point, they both need to hide from King Jehoiakim, wh...

Zedekiah's the last king of Judah before the Babylonians reduce the country to rubble. His refusal to heed the repeated, and we mean repeated and repeated, warnings God gives him—through Jeremiah...

If you're wondering why so many characters' names start with the letter "J," Shmoop explaineth. J represents the Hebrew "Y," which is part of one word for God: Yah. So these names all mean things l...