Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible about probably the most reluctant prophet in the Bible. The people had broken their covenant with God and he prophesied judgment on them. Beyond this there is hope however as God, like a potter, can refashion his people.

Lamentations features the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and the LORD's rejection of his people. Hope and mercy dominate the closing sections.

Ezekiel was prophet to the exiles in Babylon during 593-573 BC his message centres on the people's sin and God's justice. The people will be restored to the LORD and their land and readers may be particularly familiar with Ezekiel's vision of the Valley of Dry Bones.

Abridged for the general listener in favour of the wealth of characters in the Old Testament, its poetry and its narrative. Such things as genealogies, instructions regarding certain rituals and some of the law had to give way to the stories and the poetry. Some of the stories are trimmed of some repeated details.