Jeremiah the Prophet

• Jeremiah 1:1
• Jeremiah 16:2 - Jeremiah is commanded to NOT have a wife and children, because of the destruction that is coming.
• Wikipedia: Jeremiah, ירמיהו.

Jeremiah was born about 457 BCE in the city of Libna. Libna is situated in the south of Judah & in the district of Eleutheropolis. It is probably the Libnah in the neighborhood of which the Israelites encamped. Died about 496 BC. Now Tell Defenneh (Suez Canal). He met a martyr's death being stoned to death by the Jews, who resented his faithful reproofs.

Various Talmudic references to him add the following information (not necessarily factual):

• Yoma 69b
  • Use of language of "HaNora" in Prayer:
• Baba Kama 16b:
  • He was suspected of adultery or of being with a prostitute.
  • Prayed that G-d not allow his accusers to be rewarded for their attempted good deeds.
• Moed Katan:
  • 26a - King Yehoyakim challenging, and then burning, the Book of "Eichah" when Jeremiah sent it to him as a warning:
  • 28b - Saved by Tzidkiyah from clay pits
• Megillah 14b
  • Jeremiah was related to the prophetess, Chuldah.
  • Yoshiyah's choice of Chuldah over Jeremiah .
  • Jeremiah 's trip across the Sabation River to try bringing back the 10 Tribes.
• Makkot 24a
  • Moses prophesied that the Jews would not find rest in exile; Jeremiah came along and said, "Gd will provide them with rest in their exile".
• Eruvin 21a-b
  • Jeremiah's prophecy of two pots filled with figs, representing the perfectly good and the perfectly bad, and the hope which remains for those who are perfectly bad.