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Jeremiah
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, oil on panel by Rembrandt, 1630: in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jeremiah likely died around 570 BCE in Egypt. After the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, Jeremiah was taken to Egypt against his will by fellow Jews who feared Babylonian reprisals. While he continued to rebuke his countrymen there, his life in Egypt ended in obscurity; some extrabiblical traditions suggest he was stoned to death by his fellow exiles, while other accounts simply note that he disappeared after being taken to the region.123