Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Jeremiah lived during one of the most critical periods in the history of the Jewish people…  the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple…  followed immediately by the Babylonian exile…  he witnessed the last years of the kingdom...