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Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu of Anathoth)
יִרְמְיָהוּ
(Known as "Jeremiah")
The Weeping Prophet, Author of Lamentations, Prophet of the Inward Covenant
Born
c. 650 BCE
Anathoth, Palestine
Anathoth, Palestine
Passed Away
c. 570 BCE
Tahpanhes, Egypt
Lifespan
~80 years old
"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Archival Overview
Prophet who witnessed the tragic fall of Jerusalem and the burning of Solomon's Temple by Babylon. Authored Lamentations, enduring imprisonment and exile while foretelling a new covenant written upon human hearts.
Biographical Record
Appointed as a youth "a prophet to the nations," Jeremiah courageously warned the rulers of Judah against military alliances with Egypt and predicted the seventy-year Babylonian captivity. Mocked as a defeatist, thrown into a muddy cistern, and forbidden to marry, he wept over the ruin of Zion.
His visionary breakthrough was the realization that true divine covenant is not bound to stone temples or borders, but inscribed directly within the consciousness of individual seekers.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Jeremiah's Grotto Memorial Precinct
Tahpanhes, Egypt
Tahpanhes, Egypt
GPS: 31.7828, 35.2300
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