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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Jeremiah 1:11

Watching. Hebrew, "of an almond." Septuagint, "nut-tree." (Haydock) --- The almond-tree flourishes in January, and bears fruit in March. (Theodoret) (Pliny, [Natural History?] xvi. 25.) --- Thus God will speedily send his scourge from Babylon, to punish his people. (Calmet) ---The sense is the same. (Menochius) --- God's law is outwardly bitter, but the kernel is sweet. (Theodoret) (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 1:11. _A ROD OF AN ALMOND TREE._] שקד _shaked_, from שקד _shakad_, "to be ready," "to hasten," "to _watch_ for an opportunity to do a thing," to _awake_; because the almond tree is the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHAT SEEST THOU? - If we admit a supernatural element in prophecy, visions would be the most simple means of communication between God and man. A ROD OF AN ALMOND TREE - Many translate “a staff of alm...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE CALL TO REPENTANCE, THE IMPENITENCE OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED CHAPTER 1 The Call of the Prophet _ 1. The introduction (Jeremiah 1:1) _ 2. The divin...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TWO VISIONS OF JUDGMENT. These form a separate experience, and imply some change of standpoint, since it is now the judgment of Judah through the instrumentality of the nations which is presented...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (see Book comments for Jeremiah). Moreover. And. Another commission introducing two visions. A ROD. a staff for striking. Hebrew. _makkel,_ as in Jeremiah 48:17 and Genesi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah's call The passage will fall into four sections. (i) Jeremiah 1:4. The prophet's call and its nature. (ii) Jeremiah 1:11. The symbol of the almond tree, shewing that Jehovah is wakeful to p...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In 2 Chronicles 6:41-42 the words of the Psalm are quoted at the close of Solomon's prayer at the Dedication of the Temple, and some commentators suppose that in Psalms 132:8 ff. the Psalmist carries...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The symbol of the almond tree It is often supposed that the almond tree and the boiling caldron were seen by the prophet in vision. But it is quite possible that it was an actual almond tree to which...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I see a rod of an almond tree_ The almond tree in Palestine has been compared to the snowdrop with us, as giving one of the first signs of approaching spring. Dr Tristram (_Nat. Hist. of the Bible_)...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND I SAID, I SEE, &C.— The _almond-tree,_ שׁקד _shaked,_ is so called, because this tree, before all others, first _waketh,_ and riseth from its winter-repose. See Numbers 17:8. It flowers in the mon...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. THE CALL CONFIRMED Jeremiah 1:11-19 TRANSLATION (11) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, What are you looking at, Jeremiah? And I replied, I am looking at a rod of almond. (12) Then the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. ROD - shoot or branch. ALMOND TREE - literally, the wakeful tree [ shaaqe...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:11 almond-tree. (e-23) Derived from a word meaning, 'watchful' or 'vigilant,' as ver. 12; ch. 31.28; Numbers 17:8 ; Daniel 9:14 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY 1-3. See Introduction....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WORD OF THE LORD... — As before, we have the element of ecstasy and vision, symbols not selected by the prophet, and yet, we may believe, adapted to his previous training, and to the bent and, as...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֤י דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵ אמֹ֔ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER I THE CALL AND CONSECRATION IN the foregoing pages we have considered the principal events in the life of the prophet Jeremiah, by way of introduction to the more detailed study of his writin...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    COURAGE PROMISED TO A FEARFUL MESSENGER Jeremiah 1:1-19 God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one aim should be to discover and work out His plan. See Psalms 139:16; Galatians 1:15. The...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The first three verses constitute a title page naming the author and giving the dates of the period during which he exercised his ministry. The Book opens with the account of Jeremiah's call, and at o...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a (m) rod of an almond tree. (m) He joins the sign with the word, for a more ample confirmation: signify...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Lord was pleased, we find, both by word and by vision, to confirm the Prophet in his new appointment. And the Lord which raised up to the Prophet's mind these images, took care to instruct his min...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    God confirms in this passage what he had previously said of the power of his word. These two verses, then, are to be taken as explanatory, for no new subject is introduced; but the former part is conf...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 1 the prophet is established in his office, to which he had been appointed by Jehovah, even before his birth, that he should carry His word unto the nations. But Jeremiah's fears are immedi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    MOREOVER, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME,.... At the same time as before: SAYING, JEREMIAH, WHAT SEEST THOU? The Septuagint version leaves out the word "Jeremiah": AND I SAID, I SEE A ROD OF AN A...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree._ Ver. 11. _Jeremiah, what seest thou?_] It was great kindness and familiarit...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me_ Probably at the same time, and in the same vision, wherein he was first appointed to his office; _saying, What seest thou_ Here, by symbolical representati...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? Jehovah wanted to give His prophet some signs confirming his call. AND I SAID, I SEE A ROD OF AN ALMOND-TREE, a shoot or...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-19 God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judg...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This and the boiling caldron, JEREMIAH 1:13, is thought to be at the same time, and in the same vision, when he was first appointed to his work. A ROD OF AN ALMOND TREE, viz. that had leaves, and poss...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 1:11 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) Jeremiah H3414 see H7200 (H8802) said H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH GIVES JEREMIAH TWO SIGNS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE CERTAINTY OF YHWH'S WATCHFULNESS OVER HIS PURPOSES, AND THE SECOND A SIGN WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE JUDGMENTS THAT WERE TO COME FROM THE NORTH BECAUSE...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SIGN OF THE BRANCH OF THE ALMOND TREE (JEREMIAH 1:11). The first sign was that of the branch of an almond tree, which was an indication and assurance that YHWH would be watching over His word, as...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ROD (_ See Scofield) - (Numbers 17:8). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 1:1 I. (Jeremiah 1:4). The two great blessings of _election_and _mediation_are here distinctly taught. God did not speak to the nations directly, but mediationally. He created a minister who...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 1:1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Ju...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's call and enduement. The sign of the almond rod and seething pot. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jeremiah, Josiah, Jehoiakim. CONCLUSION: God, by His special counsel and foreknowle...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 1:5. _Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee._ In the creation God knew the nature and designations of every creature, whether of plants, or of living beings. He assigned laws and abod...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I see a rod of an almond tree._ TREE EMBLEMS The Hebrew word for almond signifies the “waker,” in allusion to its being the first tree to wake to life in the winter. The word also contains the signi...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 1:1 Introduction. These verses introduce the book’s historical background (vv. Jeremiah 1:1), Jeremiah’s call and message (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. CHRONOLOGY. Jeremiah 1:1, penned _cir._ B.C. 578; Jeremiah 1:4, _sq._ B.C. 629. But the recently discovered Assyrian chronology would make the date of the “thirteen...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    At this time shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Jeremiah. About sixty years after Isaiah died, God called Jeremiah to what I feel must have been the hardest task any minister has ever been cal...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 7:8; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 7:10; Numbers 17:8; Zechariah 4:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Came unto me — This and the boiling caldron, Jeremiah 1:13, is thought to be at the same time, and in the same vision, when he was first appointed to the work. Almond — tree — That had leaves, and pro...

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