In clear, non-technical language, Pixley engages both the world of the Bible and the present world in a dialogue between scripture, tradition, culture, and a vision of a God who is passionately involved with the full life of the world. In this commentary on the book of Jeremiah, Pixley works from the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT), examining both the poetic and prose discourses of the prophetic book. He draws many comparisons between the current state of the United States today and ancient Babylon, offering ways of interpreting the meaning for today's Christians. Jeremiah is the second volume in a the Commentaries for Today, a commentary series designed to give readers a better way to understand biblical challenges to the values, beliefs, and behaviour in today's world and our own world's challenges to the values, beliefs, and behaviour in the biblical world.

Philip King utilizes archaeological artefacts and texts of the late seventh and early sixth centuries B.C.E., many of them unpublished or not easily accessible, to elucidate the text of the book of Jeremiah, a book that is sometimes described as difficult and whose formation is complicated. By doing so, he adds important spatial and temporal dimension to the history of Israel and to the literature about the life of one of its most significant prophets: Jeremiah. Black and white photos, diagrams, maps, notes, a glossary, bibliography and index are all included.

The book of Jeremiah offers a remarkable range of literature, including prose, poetry, oracles, homilies, and proverbs. This commentary understands the book as a work of religious literature, to be examined in its final form and yet with careful attention to the historical contexts of writing and development through which the present text took shape. Jeremiah proclaimed a message of coming judgment, because of the people's unfaithful worship, and yet also emphasized the call to know Yahweh and to live as Gods faithful people. Through it all, Allen identifies a trajectory of grace, in which the proclamations of doom can be understood within the context of promises for a renewed future. With the publication of this volume on Jeremiah, the Old Testament Library now has a commentary volume in print for every book in the Old Testament.

In this commentary on Jeremiah-Lamentations, Dr. Huey writes with the mind of a scholar who has spent many years studying and teaching these books. But he also writes with the heart of a pastor committed to nurturing the church with the biblical message of a holy, but compassionate God determined to transform vessels broken and defiled by sin into obedient servants restored and purified by his power and grace.