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Proper 17
Preaching
Preaching and Reading the Old Testament Lessons:
With an Eye to the New
This passage forms some of the earliest preaching of Jeremiah after his call in 626 B.C. and before the reform instituted by King Josiah of Judah in 621 B.C. The oracle is framed in terms of a court case, in which the Lord is the plaintiff, Judah is the accused, and the heavens serve as the jury (v. 12).