False prophets & Jeremiah: Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. Jeremiah 23:12

Jeremiah was one of the last prophets of the Kingdom of Judah, and he prophesied from the reign of Josiah until the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, meaning that he carried out his activity within a period of time of forty to fifty years. In the Bible, Jeremiah is considered a major prophet, and although his oracles did not have a major impact during his lifetime, after his death they served as spiritual support to the exiles in Babylon who saw in him, through his prophecies, a genuine messenger of the Lord. The times in which the prophet lived were times of great upheaval; the Assyrian empire fell to Babylon, and a new power as cruel as the previous one began to become a threat in the Middle East.
Jeremiah's fate was very different from Isaiah's. King Josiah was a man devoted to God, but when Jehoiakim succeeded him as king, persecution was unleashed against Jeremiah, who was considered a danger because of his oracles. Jeremiah sadly had to prophesy the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. And Jeremiah also found his greatest enemies in the false prophets, who falsely claimed that no serious problems would occur with the Babylonian empire. This is why Jeremiah had to lead a solitary life, suffering several conspiracies against his life.
As a prophet, Jeremiah denounced the idolatry and corruption of the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Judah, calling for the conversion of hearts. And among his oracles, he wrote a strong invective against the false prophets who made religion a source of profit, reminding them that only in the wisdom of God was there life. And so the prophet wrote: "Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness" Jeremiah 23:11. And then the prophet reminded to the priests and the prophets that the path of error is a path full of destructive surprises, and for this he used a good metaphor with these words: "Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall" Jeremiah 23:12. Jeremiah had to fight against the hardness of hearts and witnessed the destruction of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but not before leaving some final words of encouragement in his book, prophesying the return of the exiles and God's compassion towards his people.

For more information, check out my profile, follow the link, and download my ebook.