Over the last few weeks, the stage has been set for one of the most important passages in all of Jeremiah, possibly even all of the OT. (Sorry, it’s not Jeremiah 29:11!) To those living in the time of Jeremiah, it appeared that Israel’s history was coming to a close as Babylonian forces began to destroy the holy land and force its people into exile. Countless other cultures and religions had come and gone with a similar fate. Would Israel be any different? Would God abandon Israel to the dustbin of history? With Israel’s fate hanging in the balance, the prophet Jeremiah steps up to the microphone to speak on behalf of God.