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| The hometown of Jeremiah in the tribe of Benjamin |
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| Jeremiah's scribe, perhaps responsible for composing and editing the latter half of the book of Jeremiah |
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| A collection of passages found in Jeremiah 11-20 that express hes anxieties and frustrations of being a prophet |
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| The Babylonian exile was the period in the middle of the sixth century when Judeans were taken as captives to Babylonia and resettled there; it officially ended in 539, but Judeans nonetheless remained there |
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| A priest taken to Babylonia, he became a prophet tot eh community of Judean refugees living there in the sixth century |
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| One of the twelve prophets; a sixth century Judean prophet who sought to understand God's purpose in sending the Babylonians to punish Judah |
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| The Judean prophet who challenged Jeremiah over the issue of the yoke of Babylon |
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| King of Judah for three months, he was taken captive to Babylon in the first deportation |
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| Second to the last king of Judah |
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| A prophet in Judah during the Babylonian crisis; he was persecuted because of his unpopular prophetic statements including a prediction of the fall of Jerusalem |
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| King of Juday who reformed Judean religion and died in battle at Megiddo |
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| The religious reform of 622 initiated by Josiah, king of Judah, afte the Book of the Covenant was found in the Jerusalem temple; it is sometimes called the Deuteronomic reform because the book appears to have been an early form of Deuteronomy |
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| One of the twelve prophets; a late seventh century Judean prophet who announced th coming destruction of Ninevah |
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| Monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who invaded Judah and destroyed Jerusalem in 587 |
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| A theme of the prophet Jeremiahbased on the Mosaic covenant; God would renew the covenant with his people and write it on their hearts |
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| The vehicle carrying YHWH that the prophet Ezekiel saw while in Babylonia during the exile |
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| A descendant of Aaron, he was a priest at David's court; he supported Solomon's succession, so his descendants had rights to the chief priestly duties in the temple |
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| One of the twelve prophets; a seventh century Judean prophet who proclaimed the coming Day of YHWH |
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| Governed Judah after its destruction |
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