Saturday, March 26, 2022

Benedetta Rossi on the Interpretation of Micah 3:12 as a Contingent Prophecy in Jeremiah 26:18

  

The quotation of Micah 3:12 in Jeremiah 26:18 introduces a new element with which to assess the authenticity of Jeremiah. The destruction of Jerusalem, prophesied by Micah, had moved Hezekiah and the people to turn to the Lord, causing his repentance (v. 19). (Benedetta Rossi, “Jeremiah,” in The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, ed. John J. Collins, Gina Hens-Piazza, Barbara Reid, and Donal Senior [3d ed.; London: T&T Clark, 2022], 915)