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Verse Jeremiah 1:19. _THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THEE_] Because I
am determined to defend and support thee against all thy enemies. One
of the ancients has said, Θεου θελοντος, και επι
ῥιπος πλεη...
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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...
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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...
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_they shall not prevail against thee_ When we compare portions of the
subsequent history of Jeremiah, we find that in point of fact the
prophet was from time to time at the mercy of his foes. The sens...
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Words of encouragement
17. _Thou therefore gird up thy loins_ obviously metaphorical. Prepare
for energetic action or strenuous conflict. The lower part of the
flowing Eastern robe was gathered up in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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I AM WITH THEE. — That thought was in itself enough. The presence,
and therefore the protection, of the All-wise and the Almighty was the
one condition of safety. Even in its lower sense, “Immanuel,”...
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וְ נִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְ לֹא
־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ך
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Prevail. God does not promise peace, but victory. (Worthington)_...
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How needful must faithfulness be in the service of the Lord? And where
the Lord gives grace to his poor servants to be faithful, he will give
strength to bear them up against all their foes. An iron p...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let us, as we enter upon the subject of Jeremiah's ministry,
and especially while we behold him thus divinely called, and divinely
appointed; gather the several interesting instru...
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God in this verse briefly reminds his servant, that though he would be
supplied with invincible power, yet he would have great trials, so
that his office would not be, according to a common saying, a...
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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...
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AND THEY SHALL FIGHT AGAINST THEE,.... The Targum adds,
"that they may hide the words of thy prophecy;''
hinder him from prophesying, stop his mouth, and even take away his
life:
BUT THEY SHALL NOT...
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And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Ver. 19. _They shall not prevail against me._] They shall not take t...
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_For I have made thee this day a defenced city_ That is, from this day
I will so defend thee that they shall be no more able to hurt thee
than they would be if thou wast in a strongly-fortified and
im...
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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...
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THEY SHALL FIGHT AGAINST THEE; make united attempts upon thee. See
JUDGES 20:11. THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL; they shall not be able, by all
their devices, to shorten thy days, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 20:...
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Jeremiah 1:19 fight H3898 (H8738) prevail H3201 (H8799) says H5002
(H8803) LORD H3068 deliver H5337 ...
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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...
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THE SIGN OF THE BOILING CAULDRON (JEREMIAH 1:13).
The second sign was that of a cauldron full of boiling liquid ready to
be poured out on Judah from the north, a vivid picture of threatening
judgment...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And they shall fight against thee._
OPPOSITION
I. The vehemence of our foes.
1. Formerly this virulence was manifested in revolting cruelties; lit
fires of martyrdom; crowded prisons with sufferer...
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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....
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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...
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EXPOSITION
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC
OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE...
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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...
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Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 15:20;...