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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Jeremiah's Initial Call (Jeremiah 1:4).

YHWH's initial call assures Jeremiah that he had been chosen even before he was born, that he need not be afraid that he was still young and immature (around twenty), that He would be with him to deliver him, and that his mouth was ‘anointed' for his task of preaching to nations and kingdoms over which he has been set.

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See also Jeremiah 1:4-10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 1:4. _THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME_] Then I first felt the inspiring influence of the Divine Spirit, not only revealing to me the subjects which he would have me to declare to the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This history of Jeremiah’s call to his office formed a part of his first address to the people. He claimed to act by an external authority, and to speak not his own words but those of Yahweh; and this...

  • 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 PROPHET'S CALL. The account of this should be compared with similar accounts of the calls of other prophets (see Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1:1 to Ezekiel 3:3; Amos 7:12 ff.) and the characteristic differe...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEN: i.e. in the thirteenth year of Josiah. WORD. Singular, because referring to this special prophecy....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Now the word, etc_.] This preface to the Book forms at once Jeremiah's plea and his support, the credentials of his mission to which he might refer the people when hostile and himself in seasons of d...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Prophet's call and its nature...

  • 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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. THE CALL EXTENDED Jeremiah 1:4-10 TRANSLATION (4) Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying, (5) Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart; a proph...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, UNTO ME - other manuscript read 'to him' [ 'eelaayw (H413)], but the English version probably represents the true Hebrew text [ 'eelay (H413)], "unt...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME] see art. 'Introduction to Hebrew Prophecy.' We cannot doubt that Jeremiah had long mourned over his people's sins, and yet perhaps hesitated to undertake the burden...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME. — The words imply obviously a revelation, the introduction of a new element into the human consciousness. In many cases such a revelation implied also the spiritual...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵ אמֹֽר

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I have often read this Chapter with particular pleasure, and marked with much emphasis what is contained in these verses: for in them we find the most decisive testimony, to that distinguishing attrib...

  • 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

    THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING. Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, Jeremiah 1:2. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read, "unto him...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,_ Ver. 4. _Then the word of the Lord came unto me._] The Lord is said to come to Baalam, Abimelech, Laban, &c.; but he never concredited his word to an...

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

    _Then the word of the Lord came unto me_ With a satisfying assurance to himself, that it was the word of the Lord, and not a delusion. _Before I formed thee in the belly_ That is, the womb. Having spo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then, namely, at the time designated in the introduction, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. He was to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighbouring nations. He is still a prophet to the whole world, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN, i. e. when he was first called to his office; or, The Lord then began to speak unto me. ME; a change of the person, a thing very usual with the prophets....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 1:4 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) the word - Jeremiah 1:2; Ezekiel

  • 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

    _Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee._ Seven points in Jeremiah’s life and call:-- 1. God knowing him. “I knew thee.” 2. God sanctifying him. “I sanctified thee.” 3. God ordaining him. “...

  • 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

    Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:16; Jeremiah 1:2...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JEREMIAH, THE WAILING PROPHET Jeremiah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The ten tribes of Israel had passed into captivity before God called Jeremiah. Judah was following hard in the path of her sister natio...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then — When he was first called to his office....

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