When we say that Jeremiah was treated very badly, we mean very badly. Once he was tossed into prison and fed only a piece of bread each day. Another time he was lowered into a deep dungeon, a deep hole in the ground. But God was with Jeremiah and rescued him. And everything Jeremiah spoke to the Israelites came true. He said the Babylonians would burn Jerusalem to ashes and capture God’s people. That happened. He also said God’s people would be brought home after seventy years. That also happened. He said the mighty Babylonians would fall. That happened. He spoke of a new covenant, a new promise, where God would remember his people’s sins no more and write his law on their hearts (see Jer. 31:33–34). And—you guessed it—that happened too. But how? Through Jesus. While Jeremiah brought a message from God, Jesus was the message from God. He is the Word of God made flesh. And as they did to Jeremiah, God’s people turned against Jesus. Through all he suffered for us—rejection, betrayal, denial, mockery, and death—Jesus made the new covenant. He rescued his people from judgment, freed them to obey, and promised to bring them to their forever home with God.