Surrender or Die (Jer. 37-38)

Last time we heard about Baruch, the scribe who wrote down the words that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah.

And so now we will hear the story of Jeremiah – a story that we should presume was mediated through the pen of Baruch.

Last time, we heard the story of the burning of the scroll of the prophet Jeremiah. That had taken place in the year 604 BC – the year after the battle of Carchemish – at a time when the power of Babylon was on the rise – and the power of Egypt was failing....