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Verse Jeremiah 1:10. _I HAVE - SET THEE OVER THE NATIONS_] God
represents his messengers the prophets as doing what he commanded them
to declare _should be done_. In this sense they _rooted up, pulle...
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I HAVE ... SET THEE OVER - literally, I have made thee Pakeed, i. e.,
deputy. This title is given only to these invested with high authority
(e. g. Genesis 41:34; 2 Chronicles 24:11; Jeremiah
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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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SET THEE. not only appointed, but installed.
TO ROOT OUT. to declare that nations should be rooted out, &c. Figure
of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). Note also the Figure of speech
_Polyonymia,_ for...
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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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The Prophet's call and its nature...
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_set thee_ given thee authority to speak as My representative. It is
the same word as that rendered "made governor" in Jeremiah 40:5;
Jeremiah 40:7, and "made overseer" in Genesis 39:4-5.
_over the na...
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SEE, I HAVE—SET THEE OVER THE NATIONS— In the style of Scripture
the prophets are said _to do_ what they declare shall be done, and
therefore Jeremiah is here said to be _set over nations, to root out...
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C. The Divine Assurance Jeremiah 1:7-10
When called of God Moses brought forth excuse after excuse; but
Jeremiah only needed encouragement and reassurance. The Lord took
steps to give that timid and...
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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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See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to
build, and to plant.
SET THEE OVER - literally, appointed...
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1:10 overthrow, (d-27) Or 'to tear in pieces.'...
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Jeremiah's work was to be radical and destructive in denouncing the
sins of his people and predicting their chastening, but also one of
restoration and rebuilding through leading them to repentance....
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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I HAVE THIS DAY SET THEE... — With the gift, and therefore the
consciousness, of a new power, there comes what would at first have
been too much for the mortal vessel of the truth to bear — a
prospect...
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רְאֵ֞ה הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ ׀ הַ יֹּ֣ום הַ
זֶּ֗ה ע
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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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See, I have this day set thee over the (l) nations and over the
kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw
down, to build, and to plant.
(l) He shows what is the authority o...
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_Root up, to announce the fall and restoration of many nations,
Ezechiel iv. 2. (Calmet) --- Jeremias spoke of the Gentiles, as well
as of the Jews. (Worthington)_...
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Reader! do not fail to remark, how humbling grace is in the soul.
Before the Prophet was conscious of the work wrought in him, the
blessed effects were made to appear, in a lowliness suited to the
mer...
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God having now shewn that Jeremiah’s mouth was consecrated to
himself, and separated from common and profane use, proceeds to invest
him with power: _See_, he says, _I have set thee this day over nati...
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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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SEE, I HAVE THIS DAY SET THEE OVER THE NATIONS, AND OVER THE
KINGDOMS,.... Not as a prince, but as a prophet over them, to prophesy
things concerning them, whether good or evil, which should certainly...
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See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to
build, and to plant.
Ver. 10. _See, I have this day set thee...
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_Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth_ This appeared
to the prophet to be done in his vision; whereby he was taught that
the divine help should go along with him, that the gift of ut...
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THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
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See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
the naturally timid and fearful prophet being appointed to their
oversight, TO ROOT OUT, AND TO PULL DOWN, AND TO DESTROY, to
exti...
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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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I HAVE THIS DAY SET THEE OVER THE NATIONS AND OVER THE KINGDOMS:
having now received his commission, he is directed to whom he is to
go, viz. to the greatest, not only single persons, but whole nation...
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JEREMIAH SEEKS TO EXCUSE HIMSELF FROM HIS GOD-APPOINTED TASK ONLY TO
BE SET RIGHT BY YHWH (JEREMIAH 1:7).
Jeremiah diffidently sought to excuse himself from the task to which
God was calling him, seei...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 1:9 God touches Jeremiah’s MOUTH and
sets it apart for his use (Isaiah 6:4). That God puts his words in
Jeremiah’s mouth emphasizes the words’ di
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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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1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 19:17; 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5;...
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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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The kingdoms — Having now received his commission, he is directed to
whom he is to go; to the greatest, not only single persons, but whole
nations, as the Babylonians, Persians, and Egyptians. To pull...