![]() ![]() ![]() Aside from this brief period of reform, Judah became increasingly insensitive to spiritual things during Jeremiah’s time. As has been discussed, a great reformation was conducted by Josiah when the book of the law was discovered in the temple and its contents were made known to the people. This situation brought a resurgence of idolatry, in this case a mixture of belief in the Mesopotamian astrological gods and belief in the Canaanite fertility deities. Jeremiah declared God’s message for forty years, warning of coming disaster and appealing in vain to the nation to turn back to God.ĭuring Manasseh’s long reign (687–642 B.C.), which was just before Jeremiah’s time, Judah remained Assyria’s vassal. In the midst of this turmoil the kingdom of Judah was ruled by five kings, four of them deplorable. He witnessed the fall of a great empire (Assyria) and the rising of another (Babylon). The prophet Jeremiah lived through one of the most troubled periods of history in the ancient Near East. ![]()
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