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Of all the prophets of the Old Testament, there is none into whose heart we see so clearly; whose internal struggles are laid so bare as Jeremiah. He shares his five Confessions which are recorded in Book 1, chapters 11 - 20 of his prophecy. These are his confessions of those things (cont'd)

The book of 2 Kings describes Hezekiah as a good man. 2 Kings 18:3 says, And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. Only he and his great-grandson Josiah tore down the high places [the hilltop altars to pagan deities]. They (cont'd)

The prophet Habakkuk wrote:

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice (cont'd)