Jeremiah
the prophet of the new covenant
Who was Jeremiah?
- A prophet from a priestly family of Anathoth. When God called him, he answered that he was too young. Jeremiah 1:1, 6
- He was imprisoned for his message in the last years of Jerusalem. Baruch wrote down what he dictated. Jeremiah 37:15-16; Jeremiah 36:4
- He announced a new covenant, written on the heart. Jesus spoke of the new covenant in his blood. Jeremiah 31:31-33; Luke 22:20
What the Bible says
Jeremiah 1:1, 6
1The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. 6And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
Jeremiah 37:15-16; Jeremiah 36:4
15Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and they beat him, and cast him into the prison that was in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for he was chief over the prison. 16So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there many days.
Jeremiah 31:31-33; Luke 22:20
31Behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda: 32Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt: the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord. 33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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