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The whole period contained in this verse is no less than 40 years and
6 months, namely, 18 years under Josiah, two periods of 11 years each
under Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, and 3 months under each of the...
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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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TITLE, ascribing the prophecies which follow to Jeremiah, a man of
priestly descent, belonging to Anathoth (see Introduction); his
prophetic activity is said to have begun in 626 B.C. (the thirteenth...
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IT CAME ALSO IN THE DAYS. See note on Genesis 14:1.
THE FIFTH MONTH. The month that Jerusalem was destroyed (Jeremiah
52:12; 2 Kings 25:3;...
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Jeremiah 1:1-3. Title
The Title is a composite one: Jeremiah 1:2 probably was intended
simply to date the prophet's call, while Jeremiah 1:3 was added later
to indicate that his activity was continue...
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_in the fifth month_ See ch. Jeremiah 52:12 ff. The city had been
captured in the preceding month (2 Kings 25:4; 2 Kings 25:8-10)....
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PART TWO
CHAPTER FOUR
THE CALL OF THE PROPHET
Jeremiah 1:1-19
The prophets of Israel were launched upon their prophetic career by a
definite call. Amos, the herdsman from Tekoa, declared that God t...
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To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of
Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
JEHOIAKIM ... JOSIAH ... ZEDEKIAH. Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are
omitted,...
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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THE FIFTH MONTH] i.e. when Jerusalem was destroyed (2 Kings 25:3; 2
Kings 25:8).
4-10. Jeremiah's call and first prophecy....
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IT CAME ALSO... — The short reigns of Jehoahaz (three months) and
Jehoiachin or Jeconiah (three months also) are passed over, and
mention made of the more conspicuous reigns of Jehoiakim (eleven
years...
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I.
(1-3) The first three verses contain the title prefixed to the
collection of prophecies by some later editor. This title would seem,
from its unusual fulness, to have received one or more additions...
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וַ יְהִ֗י בִּ ימֵ֨י יְהֹויָקִ֤ים בֶּן
־יֹאשִׁ
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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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Joakim. His immediate predecessor and successor, both called
Jechonias, (Haydock) are passed over, as their reign was short,
(Calmet) only lasting three months each. (Haydock) --- Fifth.
Jerusalem was...
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Having given his name, and family, and place of abode, he now mentions
his commission, and the time of receiving it. So that the whole period
of the Prophet's ministry, like the contents of a book, is...
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As to the beginning of his time and its termination, it has been
briefly shewn, why he says that he had been chosen a prophet _in the
thirteenth year of Josiah, _and that he discharged his office till...
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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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AND IT CAME ALSO IN THE DAYS OF JEHOIAKIM, THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF
JUDAH,.... In the beginning of his reign, and in the fourth year of
his reign; see Jeremiah 25:1, no mention is made of Jehoahaz, w...
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,
unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king
of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the...
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_It came also_ Namely, _the word of the Lord_, as Jeremiah 1:2; _in
the days of Jehoiakim_ Called at first by Josiah, _Eliakim, 2 Kings
23:34_. It must be observed, that Jehoahaz, who reigned before h...
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THE SUPERSCRIPTION...
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem, that is,...
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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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IT, viz. the word of the Lord, as JEREMIAH 1:2, CAME ALSO IN THE DAYS
OF JEHOIAKIM; called at first by Josiah, Eliakim, 2 KINGS 23:34.
Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin, whereof the former reigned before him, 2...
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Jeremiah 1:3 days H3117 Jehoiakim H3079 son H1121 Josiah H2977 king
H4428 Judah H3063 end H8552 (H8800) eleventh...
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INTRODUCTION.
Jeremiah's prophecies are introduced in the usual way by naming the
kings in whose reigns he prophesied. His initial call came in the
thirteenth year of Josiah, at a time when the land w...
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FIFTH MONTH
That is, August....
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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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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 1:3 JEHOIAKIM appears as the book’s
villain. He ruled c. 609–598 B.C. He hated Jeremiah’s preaching
(Jeremiah 36:1). He favored Egyp
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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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2 Chronicles 36:11; 2 Chronicles 36:5; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 24:1;...
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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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It — The word of the Lord. Jehoiakim — Called at first by Josiah,
Eliakim. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakin, whereof the former reigned before
him, the latter succeeded, are conceived not to be mentioned, becau...