Written between 926 and 585 B.C. by the prophet Jeremiah, the Book of Jeremiah holds this key truth: Sinful Israel will be restored via the Messiah. The historic time is from King Josiah to the destruction of Israel, and its key verse, from 1:10, is "See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant."