Jeremiah (active late 7th-early 6th century BC) was one of the four major Jewish prophets. A priest from Anathoth, Israel, he is the reputed author of the Book of Jeremiah. The dates of Jeremiah's birth and death are not known. It is known that he...

Prophet in Jerusalem, ca. 620 to 580 B.C.E., before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586. He warned that God would not protect Jerusalem if Israel violated the covenant that God made with them in the Torah (Jeremiah 7 and 26). He...

JEREMIAH (c. 640–580 BCE), or, in Hebrew, Yirme-yah(u); biblical prophet. Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, was born in Anathoth, some 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Jerusalem. The English name Jeremiah is based on the Greek Hieremias from the Septuagint...

Jeremiah (Hebrew: יִרְמְיָהוּ, Standard Yirməyáhu, frequently misspelled as Yirmiyáhu Tiberian Yirməyāhū ; "the {{smallcaps|Lord}} will raise", Arabic: 'Ar-mia' (ارمیا) IPA: [ jir.mɛ'ja.hu ]) was one of the...

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