The Blame Game: Prophetic Rhetoric and Ideology in Jeremiah 14:10-16

ABSTRACT There are clear signs in the book of Jeremiah of conflict between the prophet Jeremiah and other prophetic groups in the A INTRODUCTION There are clear signs in the book of Jeremiah of conflict between the prophet Jeremiah and other prophetic groups in the Jerusalem setting. Some of the more prominent passages reflecting this conflict are Jer 23:9-40 and 27-28. However tension between the prophets also surfaces in Jer 14:13-16. The aim of this article is first to analyse the text with an interest in the rhetoric employed in this passage, 1 but also to address the clashes in ideological viewpoints between the various parties. 2 In the first part of the article close attention is paid to the detail of the text and is an analytical endeavour. The second main section is an gives an insightful discussion of the various ways the concept ideology is understood and used. In this article the concept is used to refer to an idea or a set of ideas held and promoted by an individual or a group