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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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THEN: i.e. in the thirteenth year of Josiah.
WORD. Singular, because referring to this special prophecy....
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_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...
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The Prophet's call and its nature...
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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 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...
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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...
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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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...
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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...
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וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵ
אמֹֽר
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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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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
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Then, namely, at the time designated in the introduction, THE WORD OF
THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,...
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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...
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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....
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Jeremiah 1:4 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800)
the word - Jeremiah 1:2; Ezekiel
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JEREMIAH LEARNS THAT HE WAS CHOSEN FROM BIRTH TO BE A PROPHET TO THE
NATIONS (JEREMIAH 1:4).
When the ‘word of YHWH' first came to Jeremiah God informed him that
he had been chosen even before he was...
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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 t...
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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...
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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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_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. “...
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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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Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:16; Jeremiah 1:2...
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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...
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Then — When he was first called to his office....