Book of Jeremiah Resources

Ever wanted to read Jeremiah in Bulgarian? Well, if you did—you could definitely do it here. This website has almost every well-known English translation of the Bible, and a ton in other languages. It's an excellent resource.

The Hasidic Jewish organization Chabad provides a great deal of information on Jeremiah from their perspective.

This is a Masorti Jewish (or "Conservative" Jewish) assessment of Jeremiah, provided by Rabbi Louis Jacobs.

In the 1998 made-for-TV movie Jeremiah, our guy is played by none other than Dr. McDreamy himself, Patrick Dempsey.

In these chapters from The City of God, St. Augustine argues that Jeremiah predicted the coming of Christ, and also tries to discredit a theory that Plato met Jeremiah.

Dig in to the famous Protestant reformer's commentary on the book of Jeremiah.

The illustrious medieval French rabbi, Rashi, provides some penetrating insights in his commentary on Jeremiah.

In this 2008 Beecher Lecture at Yale Divinity School, Renita J. Weems discusses "Gods, Goddesses, and Matters of Gender" in Jeremiah.

This ancient cartoon seems like it may have been made in Jeremiah's time—lost prophecies from the crypt of the eons.

Professor Christine Hayes talks about the way the Major Prophets (including Jeremiah) viewed the fall of Jerusalem.

This hit—still as common as water or sunlight on the airwaves and inter-webs—originally began with the line, "Jeremiah was a prophet." But the singer changed it to "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" when everyone objected.

This hymn answers Jeremiah's question, "Is there a balm in Gilead?" (8:22). The answer the song gives is that there is such a balm "to heal the sin sick soul"—namely, faith in Jesus. It's a classic African-American Christian spiritual, here performed by Deborah Liv Johnson.

U2's album All that You Can't Leave Behind pays tribute to Jeremiah with a reference on its cover. This song pays tribute to Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi—whose dedication through suffering reflects that of Jeremiah.

Many composers have put to music the biblical Book of Lamentations, which is usually attributed to Jeremiah. Check out Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah Symphony," guaranteed to make you weep like a prophet.

Seriously, doesn't this sculpture of Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar look like it belongs in Disney World instead of the Kloster Zwiefalten?

Here's a map of the ancient near east around Jeremiah's time. You can almost see what's coming down the pike for Babylon. That Persian Empire is humongous.

This image shows us, from the inside, the kind of cistern Jeremiah would've been imprisoned in, but minus the muck.

Rembrandt's painting is probably the most famous depiction of the prophet. As Jerusalem burns in the murky background, the prophet reacts with despair, sitting next to a pile of abandoned treasures. If you zoom in on his face you can see his pity for his people even more clearly.

This 16th C. Turkish miniature painting shows Jeremiah at the bottom and Jonah at the top (we don't know why). The fish surrounding Jonah are probably more striking—by contrast, Jeremiah is just chilling, sitting there.

The great 19th Century French illustrator, Dore, shows us King Zedekiah struggling against his Babylonian captors as his sons are murdered with spears and left in a pile in front of him. It's a pretty nasty scene, but those onlookers are so not impressed.

He looks like he's had to do this before.