Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 26:17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
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26:17-19 Societies in the ancient Near East greatly revered wise old men. Few people survived to old age, and those who did had a valuable store of memory. • Micah of Moresheth had lived during the reign of King Hezekiah (728–686 BC), more than 100 years earlier. Micah had written a small collection of his prophecies, from which the elders quoted a verse (Mic 3:12) that predicted the destruction of Mount Zion and Jerusalem. These elders counseled the people to do as Hezekiah had done when he turned from his sins and worshiped the Lord. Although the people of Judah relinquished their plan to harm Jeremiah, they did not heed the second part of the old men’s counsel.

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