Introduction
IV. CONCLUSION CH. 52
This chapter has many similarities to 2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:30, with the exception of Jeremiah 25:22-26, the story of Gedaliah’s assassination (cf. chs. 40-41). This chapter forms a fitting conclusion to the book, since it records the fulfillment of many of Jeremiah’s prophecies of Jerusalem’s destruction, the Exile, and the hope of restoration. Time proved Jeremiah right and the false prophets wrong. This epilogue vindicates Jeremiah’s ministry.
Two unusual features mark this chapter. First, the material seems to have been borrowed from 2 Kings. A similar phenomenon appears in Isaiah 36-39 that retells the events recorded in 2 Kings 18-20 with little variation. Second, Jeremiah does not appear in this chapter. However, Jeremiah does not appear in several other chapters in this book. The main character in this book is not Jeremiah but God.
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