Jeremiah of Benjamin and the Prophet of the End

In the land of Benjamin (Jeremiah 1:1): the portion of Benjamin was given in the Land. Just as Benjamin: our father Jacob was not blessed that he should be the begetter of the twelve tribes until Benjamin was born; so too, of all the prophets who prophesied concerning Jerusalem, their prophecy was not made clear until Jeremiah arose. Or just as Benjamin: all the days he was in his mother's womb she did not die, and once he came out of her she died, this is what is written, And it came to pass as her soul was departing, for she died (Genesis 35:18); so too, all the days Jeremiah was within Jerusalem it was not destroyed, and once he went out of it, it was destroyed. This is what Jeremiah says, You have enticed me, O LORD, and I was enticed (Jeremiah 20:7); You persuaded me, O LORD, and I let myself be persuaded; You brought me out of [Jerusalem] and destroyed it. Yesterday You said to me, Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you to say, Buy my field (Jeremiah 32:7); and now, You have overpowered me and prevailed (Jeremiah 20:7). Or just as Benjamin was last of all the tribes, so too Jeremiah was last of all the prophets. But did not Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi prophesy after him? Rabbi Eleazar and Rabbi Samuel bar Nahman. Rabbi Eleazar said, they were prophets of brief span. Rabbi Samuel bar Nahman said, the prophecy was already entrusted, deposited in the hand of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Rabbi Eleazar and Rabbi Yohanan. Rabbi Eleazar said: all the prophets opened with words of rebuke and closed with words of comfort, except for Jeremiah, who closed with words of rebuke and said, Thus shall Babylon sink and not rise (Jeremiah 51:64). Rabbi Yohanan said: he too closed with words of comfort, for he was returning to prophesy about the destruction of the Temple. You might think he closed with the destruction of the Temple; therefore Scripture teaches, Thus far are the words of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 51:64), he closed with the downfall of those who destroyed it.