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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 ....
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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... — 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...
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וַ יְהִ֤י דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵ
אמֹ֔ר
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
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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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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...
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Jeremiah 1:11 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) Jeremiah H3414
see H7200 (H8802) said H559 ...
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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 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...
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ROD
(_ See Scofield) - (Numbers 17:8). _...
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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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_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...
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THE ALMOND TREE
A rod of an almond tree. Jeremiah 1:11.
Some of you are fond of making puns too fond, your friends sometimes
think, and they threaten to turn you out of the room if you make
another...
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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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Amos 7:8; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 7:10; Numbers 17:8; Zechariah 4:2;...
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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...