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Jeremiah. in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah; and (Moroni, 10:34) in Moroni's closing remarks, before finally hiding up the records of the Nephites.  JEREMIAH. One of the Twelve Disciples, called and chosen by Jesus to minister to the Nephites at the time of His visit to that people (A. C. 34). Jeremiah was present near the temple in the land Bountiful when Jesus appeared and was baptized by Nephi on the day following. He is not again mentioned by name in the sacred record.   JEREMIAH. The Jewish prophet. He lived and prophesied at the same time as Lehi, and appears to have been personally acquainted with him. Many of his prophecies were recorded on the plates of brass obtained by Nephi from Laban. (I Nephi, 5:13.) His prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and the advent of the Messiah are referred to by Nephi, the son of Helaman. (Helaman, 8:20.)   JERSHON. This was the name given to the regions set apart by the Nephites (B. C. 78) as the home of the Ammonites, or Christian Lamanites. It was situated to the north of Zarahemla and was evidently chosen for the reason that the strength of the Nephite nation would lie between the fugitives and their former countrymen, the Lamanites, who then thirsted for their blood. It was bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the land Bountiful on the north and east, and by the land of Antionum on the south. Its western boundary is not defined, but we are inclined to believe, from the context, that it was the river Sidon. Its geographical situation is partly described in Alma, 27:22, thus: We [the Nephites] will give up the land of Jershon, which is on the east by the sea, which joins the land Bountiful, which is on the south of the land Bountiful. With regard to its southern boundary, Alma, 31:3, states that Antionum lav to the south of it. 