Daily Readings in the Bible Jeremiah 1-3

The prophet Jeremiah ministered to the people of Judah during the reign of king Josiah until after Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Some have called Jeremiah the “weeping prophet” due to his emotional messages of God’s judgment concerning Judah. Jeremiah didn’t just prophesy of Judah’s demise, he lived through it. Judah’s refusal to listen Jeremiah’s messages was just as devastating as its eventual destruction.

Like Israel in the north, Judah had forsaken the Lord to worship false ...