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What point is Jeremiah trying to make at
the end of the story?

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As a prophet, Jeremiah pronounced God's judgment upon the people of his time for their wickedness. He was concerned especially with false and insincere worship and failure to trust Yahweh in national affairs. He denounced social injustices but not so much as some previous prophets, such as Amos and Micah. Jeremiah shares with the rest of the Hebrew Bible the essential position that such a responsibility does not lead to forfeiture of being but rather to fulfilment of life. Freedom and promise become juxtaposed, just as are value and obligation. The above conditions combine to constitute the moral agent. Instead, Jeremiah tells the people they would live in Babylon for at least 70 years. Therefore, they should settle down, build houses, marry and even pray for the peace and prosperity of the city in which they now found themselves.

GOD BLESS YOU

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