The Watchtower Jeremiah is released. Jerusalem is destroyed. Now what? The Babylonians appointed Gedaliah over the land (Jeremiah 40:7). Translations generally add the word “governor” as his title, but this doesn’t appear in the text. We aren’t given a title. He appears to be the representative between the people remaining in Judah and the Babylonians. Jeremiah was given the option of where he wanted to go, and he opted to remain with Gedaliah in the land. Gedaliah set up shop from the city of Mizpah (מִצְפָּה), located at the northern border of the territory of Benjamin. The name means “watchtower, […]