1. Jérémie 26:20 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Why does the narrator write about the prophet Uriah?

Jérémie 26:20 (NEG79)

20 Il y eut aussi un homme qui prophétisait au nom de l'Eternel, Urie, fils de Schemaeja, de Kirjath-Jearim. Il prophétisa contre cette ville et contre ce pays exactement les mêmes choses que Jérémie.

The following passage (Jeremiah 26:20–23) has clearly been inserted in the account of Jeremiah’s trial by the narrator. The most likely person to have done this is Baruch. This brief story has been included because of the clear parallels with Jeremiah’s trial. Uriah is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture but, at some point in Jeremiah’s ministry, Uriah prophesied against this city and against the land in words like those of Jeremiah. Uriah, along with Micah, Jeremiah and many others is in the line of prophets whom the Lord had sent persistently (Jeremiah 26:5).1