Jeremias
Jeremias
(Hebrew: possibly, whom Jehovah appoints)
Prophet. He was the son of Helcias (Jeremiah 1), of a priestly race of Anathoth, a little village of the tribe of Benjamin. He was raised In love and respect for Jewish traditions, and studied with care the utterances of previous prophets, in particular the oracles of Isaias and Micheas. By temperament sensitive and timid, Jeremias became otherwise when there was question of carrying God’s message to men; menaces, insults, and torments meant nothing; he became “a fortified city and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass.” It was in the 13th year of the reign of Josias, that the word of God came to Jeremias. Under this king, the activity of Jeremias was moderate, because the piety of Josias held in check the hatred of the enemies of the prophet. Yet the persecutions of his compatriots (II, 21), and of his relatives (12,6), menaced his life, and he fixed his definite abode at Jerusalem . Unfortunately, Josias was followed by three unworthy sons, weakling rulers on the throne of David. During the three months reign of Joachaz, Jeremias reproved the luxury of the royal house (22). King Joakim forgot the God of his fathers and plunged into all sorts of impieties and disorders. It was in such circumstances that Jeremias, yielding to the inspiration of God, placed himself in the court of the Temple, and announced its destruction (26). These words produced a tumult. The priests and false prophets seized him, crying, “Let him be put to death.” Happily, Jeremias was saved through the intervention of Ahicam. With the invasion of Nabuchodonosor, Jeremias pronounced the famous prophecy of the 70 years of captivity (25). Then he received the order to write all that God had revealed to him, since the time of Josias, in a volume, and to have it read on the solemn day by his disciple Baruch. But Joakim, enraged, threw the volume into a fire, and imprisoned Jeremias and Baruch (36). Under Sedecias, Jeremias suffered continual persecutions (38). He tried to return to his native land but was seized, accused of treason, and again imprisoned. With the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, Nabuchodonosor gave Jeremias the choice of going to Babylon, or remaining at Jerusalem. Jeremias preferred to live in the midst of the Holy City. There, over its ruins, he chanted his immortal Lamentations; but the remnant of the Jews fled to Egypt, dragging Jeremias with them. At Daphne, pious tradition says, he was stoned to death for the prediction of God’s wrath. It was a fit ending to a life of self-sacrifice. His whole life was a living prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. Like Christ, Jeremias continued to intercede for the Jews; truly, “this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the holy city, Jeremias the prophet of God” (2 Machebees 15). The prophecy or Book of Jeremias, was probably put together by Baruch. There are 52 chapters. The Lamentations or Songs, five in number, after the manner of the Psalms or Proverbs, bewail the sorrows of the Holy City. Some portions of them are sung at the Tenebrae in Holy Week, as they express the sorrows of the Church over Christ’s Passion, the enormity of sin, and the need of penance.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Jeremias
[Hebrew Irmeyah; often in the paragogic form Irmeyahu, especially in the Book of Jeremias–meaning, possibly, “whom Jehovah appoints” (see Gesenius, “Lexicon”, s.v.); Sept. Ieremias], the name of seven or eight men, besides the prophet, mentioned in the Old Testament:–
(1) JEREMIAS OF LOBNA (A.V. Libnah, 2 Samuel 23:31), of the tribe of Juda. he was the father of Amital, or Hamutal, one of the wives of Josias and mother of Kings Joachaz (2 Kings 23:31) and Sedecias (2 Kings 24:18). Cf. Jer., lii, 1–Gr. text.
(2) JEREMIAS, JEREMIA [D.V., I Par., v, 24 (A.V. Jeremiah, Chron.); Sept. Ieremia], a chief of the half tribe of Manasses east of the Jordan, about the time of the Assyrian deportation under Thelgathphalnasar (A.V. Tiglath-pileser).
(3) JEREMIAS, one of the Benjamite bowmen and slingers who repaired to David’s assistance at Siceleg (A.V. Ziklag) during the persecution by Saul (1 Chronicles 12:4).
(4) JEREMIAS (A.V. and R.V. Jeremiah), a valiant warrior of the tribe of Gad, fifth in rank of those who went over to David when he had withdrawn into the desert of Juda to escape capture at the hands of Saul (1 Chronicles 12:10).
(5) JEREMIAS, the tenth in reputation of the Gadite braves who threw in their lot with David’s small army when he lay hid in the wilderness (1 Chronicles 12:13).
(6) JEREMIAS, son of Habsanias (R.V. Habazziniah), and father of Jezonias (A.V. and R.V. Jaazaniah). The last-mentioned seems to have been the head of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:3) in the time of th prophet.
(7) JEREMIAS, a priest who returned with Zorobabel and Josue to Jerusalem [II Esd. (A.V. Nehem.), xii, 1] after the Babylonian Captivity–about 536 B.C.. His name was given to one of the twenty-two courses [II Esd., xii, 1-7–Vig., op. cit. below, here reckons only twenty-one; cf. Gr. text (Neemias), where the name is written Ieremia. Hattus is omitted in v. 2, and a lacuna occurs after the Sechenias of v. 3 as far as v. 7], into which were divided the four families of priests (Ezra 2:36-9).
(8) JEREMIAS, head of one of the priestly families, who, together with the other leaders of the people, subscribed to the sacred covenant renewed in the time of Nehemias (about 444 B.C.). A comparison of the priestly list given in II Esd., x, 2-8, with the enumeration of xii, 1 sq., will show the name of Jeremias (Ieremia) placed in close juxtaposition to that of Saraias (Saraia), and both are mentioned, in either case, amongst the first three. For these and similar reasons some have been led, despite the seeming difficulties, chiefly chronological, to identify that Jeremias who “went up with Zorobabel” and the homonymous priest who swore on behalf of his brethren that “they would walk in the law of God”.
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ERMONI in VIG., Dict. de la Bible, s.v. Jérémie; MOSS in HAST., Dict. of the Bible, s.v. Jeremiah.
P.J. MACAULEY Transcribed by WGKofron
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIIICopyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Jeremias
(), a Graecized form of the name of two men.
1. JEREMIAH SEE JEREMIAH (q.v.) the prophet (Sir 49:6; 2Ma 15:14; Mat 16:14).
2. (1Es 9:34.) SEE JEREIAI.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Jeremias
JEREMIAS (1Es 9:34) = Jeremai in Ezr 10:33.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jeremias
jer-e-mas (, Ieremas):
(1) Named among the sons of Baani as one of those who had married foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:34). In Ezr 10:33 we find, Jeremai among the sons of Hashum. In 1 Esdras it should come in 9:33 before Manasses.
(2) See JEREMIAH (general article).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Jeremias
[Jeremi’as]
Jeremiah the prophet. Mat 16:14.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jeremias
Jeremi’as. The Greek form of the name of Jeremiah, the prophet. Mat 16:14.