Lent · The Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi)
Jeremiah 26:1-15
Jeremiah Threatened with Death
March 8, 2026
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“As for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.” (Jeremiah 26:14)
This oracle is dated in the first verse to early in the reign of Jehoiakim (609–597 B.C.). Assuming that this means before 605 B.C., then the oracle would be before Babylon became an active threat toward Judah, and even then only if one accepts the testimony of Daniel 1:1–2 that Nebuchadnezzar threatened Jerusalem in the third year of Jehoiakim’s reign. The following oracle is marked as a word from the Lord and is directed to Jeremiah who is to take this message to the people.
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Why is Jeremiah threatened with death?
For prophesying judgment in the temple court, Jeremiah is seized and faces death, yet stands firm, a suffering prophet who foreshadows Christ.
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