Jeremiah

Jeremiah must have been born about the middle of the 7th century B.C. His gift of prophecy was manifested early. His gloomy predictions were resented by Jehoiakim, and he narrowly escaped capital punishment. Jeremiah is believed to have been stoned to death at Taphins about 580 B.C. There can be little doubt that his Prophecies and Lamentations have come down to us in a somewhat "edited" form.