Full Idea
Jeremiah was the first to perceive the possibility that powerlessness and goodness were somehow linked; ...he comes close to the notion that the state itself was inherently evil.
Gist of Idea
Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state
Source
report of Jeremiah (24: Book of Jeremiah [c.570 BCE]) by Paul Johnson - The History of the Jews Pt II
Book Reference
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.84
A Reaction
This looks like the first seeds of the anarchist idea. You abandon the state for something 'higher'. 'Perceive' rather begs the question of whether he is right. This is the full 'inversion of values' of Nietzsche.