Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMoab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile