Jeremiah study section

Jeremiah key people

Jeremiah, Baruch, the last kings of Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar frame Judah’s final decades.

Key figures

Jeremiah

The prophet called from the womb, who warned Judah of judgment and promised the new covenant, suffering greatly for his faithfulness

Baruch

Jeremiah’s faithful scribe, who recorded his words and shared his hardships

Josiah

The reforming king in whose reign Jeremiah was called

Jehoiakim

The wicked king who burned Jeremiah’s scroll and persecuted the prophets

Zedekiah

Judah’s last king, who secretly sought Jeremiah’s counsel yet lacked courage to obey

Nebuchadnezzar

The king of Babylon, God’s appointed instrument of judgment on Judah

Ebed-melech

The Cushite official who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern and was promised deliverance

Hananiah

The false prophet who contradicted Jeremiah and died as Jeremiah foretold

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