JEREMIAH

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart



be acceptable in your sight,


O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

--The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved

JEREMIAH

“Most impressive of all ... is the way in which Jesus Christ was associated in the popular mind with Jeremiah. When on one occasion Christ took a sampling of public opinion from His disciples (Matt. 16:13f.), some reports identified Him with the outstanding prophetic figure of the seventh century B.C. It is hardly surprising that some mistook the Man of sorrows for the prophet of the broken heart, for Jeremiah and Christ both lamented and wept over their contemporaries (cf. 9:1 and Luke 19:41).”
                                                                                                                                  —R. K. Harrison

Jeremiah is best known as “the weeping prophet.” This is the key to his writings, for if we remember this and the reason for his weeping, we shall be able to understand his message.

This prophet is unique in that he reveals his heart and personality more than any other OT prophet. 1 By nature he was sensitive and retiring, yet he was divinely called to severely denounce the apostasy of his day. International tension between Babylon, Egypt, and Assyria for world supremacy, severe spiritual decline in Israel after Judah’s last revival under Josiah, as well as people who had been raised on God’s Word and true religion turning to pagan cults, all remind us of Western Christendom today.
-MacDonald, William ; Farstad, Arthur: Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. Je 1:1

Dr, J. Vernon McGee in his introduction to Jeremiah indicates: Jeremiah, the prophet of the broken heart, is the writer of this book. It is one of the most remarkable books in the Bible. Every book in the Bible is remarkable, but this book is remarkable in a very unusual way. Most of the prophets hide themselves and maintain a character of anonymity. They do not project themselves on the pages of their prophecy. But Jeremiah is a prophet whose prophecy is largely autobiographical.

McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible Commentary: The Prophets (Jeremiah/Lamentations). electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1991 (Thru the Bible Commentary 24),