Jeremiah 25–26: Rejecting Prophets Leads to Captivity  Old
Testament Seminary Student Study Guide, (2002), 161  Jeremiah
25–26 is similar to the order and theme of Jeremiah 21–22. In
chapter 25, Jeremiah prophesied with certainty that Babylon
would conquer Judah because they rejected the words of Jeremiah
and other prophets (such as Lehi). Furthermore, Jeremiah
prophesied that Judah would serve Babylon for seventy years, at
which time another kingdom would conquer Babylon. The rest of
the chapter is about the destruction of other wicked nations.
This chapter teaches that God punishes unrighteous people,
regardless of what nation they are in or from.Jeremiah 26
records events prior to and helps explain some history of
chapter 25. Jeremiah 26 tells how Jeremiah prophesied that the
people must repent or be taken captive. Because of his message,
which still left some hope for deliverance through repentance,
leaders in Judah wanted Jeremiah killed. We also read of a
prophet named Urijah who was killed for deliveri