Jeremiah : prophet like Moses / Jack R. Lundbom. [print]

"A prophet like Moses" : life of the prophet Jeremiah -- "I will be with you" : God's preeminent promise -- "I saw the earth ... and the heavens" : reflections on nature and the created order -- "Hear the words of this covenant and do them" : reflections on the Sinai covenant -- "Peace, peace, when there is no peace" : prophet against priests and prophets -- "Do justice and righteousness" : prophet for and against kings -- "Is not my word life fire ... like a hammer?" : prophet of Yahweh's word -- "Who can make my head waters ... my eyes a well of tears?" : prophet grieving and weeping over a nation -- "Cursed be the day, cursed be the man" : personal laments of the prophet -- "Before me you shall stand" : prophet as covenant mediator -- "A prophet to the nations I made you" : prophet to the nations -- "I will cut ... a new covenant" : prophet of present and future hope.

This book on Jeremiah seeks to place before a broad audience of students and lay readers one of the truly great Hebrew prophets and extraordinary individuals of the ancient world. It lifts up major themes preserved in the book bearing Jeremiah's name, one of the most prominent being Jeremiah's understanding of himself as "the prophet like Moses." Jeremiah remained faithful to his calling during the final days of Israelite nationhood, when the remnant of a once great nation fell to Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians in 586 BC. He suffered along with everyone else, but was nevertheless numbered among the survivors. From his confinement in the court of the guard he gave a dispirited remnant, many of whom would subsequently make the long journey into faraway exile, unambiguous hope for the future, announcing just before the nation's fall a new covenant that God would make with his people in future days.

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