Life presents all human beings with moments when choosing to defend something, or someone, brings some opposition. Criticism, cynical ridicule, rejection, and ridicule are all present as potential outcomes of acting on such beliefs. The prophet Jeremiah faced more than a moment, or even a brief season, of the aforementioned affliction. The scholarly project of the period 627-586 BC, some forty years of perpetual calamity in Jeremiah's life, results in a book within the Hebrew Bible that draws attention to palpable emotions and experiences. Remarkably unique compared to other biblical texts in its inclusion of considerable amounts of biographical writings, known as “confessions” (Brettler, p. 181), Jeremiah, the book, focuses heavily on the title character and his challenges. Living a somewhat inconceivable life after accepting the call of the Lord, Jeremiah appears to have gone through constant adversity, according to many of his oracles. Furthermore, he did it alone, as he was forbidden to marry or have children (Jeremiah 16:1-4 Tanakh Translation). A difficult task weighed on Jeremiah's young life. Fully informed that this mission would require him to stand firm in the face of unenviable opposition, the Lord commands Jeremiah to remain strong in sharing the prophetic message, accepting His assurance that “they will not overcome you” (Jeremiah 1:17-19 ). Like other prophets, Jeremiah became the bearer of both devastating and hopeful news; however, the emotionally taxing life of this “weeping prophet” (Jeremiah 8:23), resulting from his acceptance of God's calling, seems surprisingly painful. Evidently from the first chapter a portrait of his vulnerability develops... midway through the paper... the days ahead have not paralyzed Jeremiah. The belittling, rejection, physical punishment, ridicule, and opposition he faced, as he warned (Jeremiah 1:17-19), did not prevent Jeremiah from being a prophet of God, speaking the words he had been told said to share with his people. It can be concluded that Jeremiah had a holy and reverent fear of the Lord, which gave him the strength and courage to carry out the calling set before him in chapter 1, for so many years. God presents himself once again with this dichotomy of judge and restorer for the people of Israel. It is easy to read from the current context and judge the Israelites for the ongoing cycle of rebellion, destruction, repentance, restoration, but each book, including Jeremiah, shows God intersecting with the story of the Israelites and the resulting lessons to be learned, and remembered for generations to come.