Introduction
Jeremiah’s scroll ch. 36
"While ch. 36 is, in a sense, an independent unit, it is at the same time the last segment in a ’tradition complex’ which begins at ch. 26, where Jeremiah is vindicated as a true prophet of Yahweh by Jerusalem’s highest court and where the aim of his prophetic ministry is set out, and ends with ch. 36 where the continuing negative response of the people and of the king reaches a climax and the rejection of the nation is confirmed. The history of the mediation of Yahweh’s word by the faithful prophet Jeremiah concludes and another complex of chapters dealing with the prophet’s sufferings follows in chs. 37-43." [Note: Thompson, p. 621.]
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