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Jeremiah was a prophet during the time of several of the kings mentioned in Kings and Chronicles. He lived during the reigns of Josiah, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, and spoke the words of the Lord warning the people of tragedies to come if they did not return to worshiping the true God. We will read the first 29 chapters of Jeremiah this week.

Jeremiah tells them over and over that their idols of wood and stone were nothing, provided nothing for them and they had to be carried to be moved. He wrote this in contrast to the Creator, who made all things and existed everywhere. God often referred to Hi...