Jeremiah is commissioned as a prophet in the 13th year of the reign of Josiah, the king of Judah, 40 years prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E.
“ कारण माझ्या लोकांनी दुहेरी दुष्कर्म केले, ” असे तो म्हणतो. — यिर्मया २: १३.