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 should
be His mouthpiece. Observation itself teaches us that men are called
and chosen of God to do... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 1:6
It is not improbable that Jeremiah was almost a child when he spoke
these words. Considering the time to which he lived, he must have been
young in the thirteenth year of Josiah, young enough to make the most
literal sense of the expression in the text a reasonable one. Jeremiah
has a... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 1:8
The prophets were ever ungratefully treated by the Israelites; they
were resisted, their warnings neglected, their good services
forgotten. But there was this difference between the earlier and the
later prophets: the earlier lived and died in honour among their
people, in outward hono... [ Continue Reading ]