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 should be His mouthpiece. Observation itself teaches us that men are called and chosen of God to do... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 1:6 It is not improbable that Jeremiah was almost a child when he spoke these words. Considering the time to which he lived, he must have been young in the thirteenth year of Josiah, young enough to make the most literal sense of the expression in the text a reasonable one. Jeremiah has a... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 1:8 The prophets were ever ungratefully treated by the Israelites; they were resisted, their warnings neglected, their good services forgotten. But there was this difference between the earlier and the later prophets: the earlier lived and died in honour among their people, in outward hono... [ Continue Reading ]