Epistle of Jeremiah
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Epistle of Jeremiah has 1 chapter. Read Epistle of Jeremiah in the Brenton Septuagint Translation, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.
The Epistle of Jeremiah warns people facing exile in Babylon not to worship the images they will encounter there. Through repeated comparisons, it argues that objects made of wood, silver, and gold cannot protect themselves or help their worshipers. Its closing contrast commends the righteous person who has no idols.
In Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, Epistle of Jeremiah is among the Prophetic Books of the Old Testament, one of the deuterocanonical books. Protestant Bibles place it in the Apocrypha or leave it out, and it is not part of the Jewish Tanakh. See it on the shelf.
