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CAME - literally, was (and in Jeremiah 1:4); the phrase implies that
Jeremiah possessed God’s word from that time onward, not fitfully as
coming and going, but constantly.
THE THIRTEENTH YEAR OF HIS R...
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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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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME. It is remarkable that, in the four longer
prophets, this _formula_ is almost entirely confined to the two who
were priests (Jeremiah and Ezekiel). See App-82. Compare Genesi...
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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 days of, etc_.] See introductory note.
_in the thirteenth year of his reign c._b.c. 626. The period included
in these two verses is one of 40 years, viz. the latter part of
Josiah's reign = 1...
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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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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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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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IN THE THIRTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN. — If we take the _data_ of 2
Kings 22, Josiah was at that time in his twentieth or twenty-first
year, having grown up under the training of Hilkiah. His active wor...
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אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו
בִּ ימֵ
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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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To whom the (d) word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of
Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
(d) This is spoken to confirm his calling and office, as he did not
pre...
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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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_JEREMIAH’S CALL_
‘Jeremiah … to whom the word of the Lord came.’
Jeremiah 1:1
I. THE CONSIDERATIONS EMPLOYED BY GOD TO INDUCE THE PROPHET TO
UNDERTAKE HIS OFFICE.—It is obvious that the language i...
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He begins in the second verse to speak of his calling. (8) It would
have, indeed, been to little purpose, had he said that he came forth
and brought a message; but he explains, in the second verse, th...
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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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TO WHOM THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME IN THE DAYS OF JOSIAH,.... This was
the beginning of the prophecy of Jeremiah, so that he prophesied long
after Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah; for this king was
THE...
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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.
Ver. 2. _Unto whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah._]
Woe b...
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_The words of Jeremiah_ That is, the sermons or prophecies, the
contents of which he received from God, that he might declare them
unto the people, and which are comprised in this book under his name....
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to whom Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year
of his reign....
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THE SUPERSCRIPTION...
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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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THE WORD OF THE LORD; either that commission from God that did
authorize him to his prophetical work, as it may probably be taken, 1
THESSALONIANS 10:35, was actually given unto him, JEREMIAH 1:10; or...
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Jeremiah 1:2 word H1697 LORD H3068 days H3117 Josiah H2977 son H1121
Amon H526 king H4428 Judah H3063 thirteenth...
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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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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 1:2 TO WHOM THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME. The
text highlights that what follows comes from God. Jeremiah is God’s
messenger....
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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 13:20; 2 Chronicles 35:27; 2 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 21:26;...
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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 word — That commission from God that authorized him to his
prophetic work, for the space of forty — one years successively in
Judea, viz. from the 13th year of Josiah to the 11th year of Zedekiah,...