Jeremiah (Lordwill raise"}}), one of the 'greater prophets' of the Old Testament. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest of Anathoth. His writings are collected in the book of Jeremiah and, according to tradition, the Book of Lamentations. Jeremiah is also famous as "the broken-hearted prophet" (who wrote or dictated a "broken book", which has been difficult for scholars to put into chronological order), whose heart-rending life, … Wikipedia
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