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What is 2 Maccabees quoting here?

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> 2 One finds in the records that the prophet Jeremiah ordered those who > were being deported to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned, 2 > and that the prophet, after giving them the law, instructed those who > were being deported not to forget the commandments of the Lord, or to > be led astray in their thoughts on seeing the gold and silver statues > and their adornment. 3 And with other similar words he exhorted them > that the law should not depart from their hearts. > 4 It was also in the same document that the prophet, having received > an oracle, ordered that the tent and the ark should follow with him, > and that he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and had > seen the inheritance of God. 5 Jeremiah came and found a > cave-dwelling, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar > of incense; then he sealed up the entrance. 6 Some of those who > followed him came up intending to mark the way, but could not find it. > 7 When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: “The > place shall remain unknown until God gathers his people together again > and shows his mercy. 8 Then the Lord will disclose these things, and > the glory of the Lord and the cloud will appear, as they were shown in > the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place should be > specially consecrated.” - 2 Maccabees 2:1-8 This prophecy happened on Pentecost when 3000 Judeans from all nations were gathered into one place, and believed in Jesus (the remnant, the lost sheep of Israel) which was God showing them mercy, and fulfilled a ton of OT prophecies also, and also in Rev 11 the heavens open, and the ark can be seen which would of happened over Jerusalem in 70 AD (Rev 1-12 happened 70 AD Rev 13-22 is future) which means the author of this section of Maccabees is quoting from inspired scripture written by Jeremiah however a keyword search of tent, altar, fire, ark in Jeremiah, and 1,2,3,4,5 Baruch yields none of those prophecies. Is he quoting lost work of Jeremiah or something that still exists?
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Apr 20, 2025, 10:49 PM
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