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The Weeping Prophet — preached for 40 years and was mostly ignored
Historically Verified
Multiple clay seal stamps from people named in his story have been found — including seals belonging to his scribe Baruch, and two of the officials who persecuted him. All were dug up in the City of David in Jerusalem.
open_in_newA prophet called as a teenager who preached in Jerusalem for about 40 years, right through its fall to Babylon. He was thrown in a cistern, put in stocks, and told to stop prophesying. He didn't. He wrote the book of Lamentations mourning Jerusalem's destruction. He also predicted the New Covenant — the one Jesus fulfilled. He kept going even when nobody listened.