In Jeremiah‘s admonition and the Levites‘ reply lies the whole story of the controversy of Zion, and of its effects for others, down to our day. Jeremiah, who was apparently put to death, would today be attacked as a ―crackpot,‖ ―paranoiac,‖ ―antisemite‖ and the like; the phrase then used was ―prophet and dreamer of dreams.‖
