# Jeremiah — The City of God character guide

> Jeremiah in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** holy Jeremiah, Zephaniah, the prophet Zephaniah, who prophesied with Jeremiah, Zephaniah

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Old Testament prophet who foretold the destruction of Jerusalem and the new covenant.

## In the story

### [How Plato has been able to approach so nearly to Christian knowledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xi)

Prophet whom some thought Plato might have heard in Egypt, but chronology disproves this.

### [Book XVII: The Prophetic Age and the City of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xvii)

Prophet whose prophecy of Israel's return after seventy years is referenced.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Prophet who foretold the Babylonian captivity and return after seventy years.

### [Of Jeroboam, who profaned the people put under him by the impiety of idolatry, amid which, however, God did not cease to inspire the prophets, and to guard many from the crime of idolatry.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii)

Referenced as one of the prophets God sent to reprove Jeroboam and his successors.

### [Book XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xviii)

Prophet who predicted the Babylonian captivity and stated the number of years.

### [Chapter XXV: Philosophers During the Reigns of Tarquinius Priscus and Zedekiah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxv)

Prophet who predicted the captivity and destruction of Jerusalem, even stating the number of years.

### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi)

Prophet whose prediction of seventy years' captivity was fulfilled under Darius.

### [What Jeremiah and Zephaniah have, by the prophetic Spirit, spoken before concerning Christ and the calling of the nations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii)

Prophesied about Christ as Lord and sufferer, the new covenant, and the calling of the nations.

### [What Jeremiah and Zephaniah have, by the prophetic Spirit, spoken before concerning Christ and the calling of the nations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii)

Prophesied about the day of the Lord's resurrection, the assembly of nations, and the remnant of Israel.

### [Of the Authority of the Septuagint Translation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xliii)

Cited as an example of a prophet through whom the Spirit spoke.

### [Of the peace which is enjoyed by the people that are alienated from God, and the use made of it by the people of God in the time of its pilgrimage.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi)

Prophet who counseled the captive people of God to pray for Babylon's peace.

### [Of Malachi's prophecy, in which he speaks of the last judgment, and of a cleansing which some are to undergo by purifying punishments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxv)

Referenced as Jerome, who identifies Malachi with Ezra

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