Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 1:1
Anathoth — Was a city three miles from Jerusalem, allotted out of the tribe of Benjamin for the priests.
Anathoth — Was a city three miles from Jerusalem, allotted out of the tribe of Benjamin for the priests.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH _Chronological notes relative to the commencement of Jeremiah's prophesying_ -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3375. -Year from the Deluge, ac...
THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH - The usual title of the prophetic books is “the Word of the Lord,” but the two books of Amos and Jeremiah are called the words of those prophets, probably because they contain n...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH'S FIRST PROPHECY (see Book comments for Jeremiah). WORDS: or, prophecies (verses: Jeremiah 1:4; Jeremiah 1:9; Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 2:4
_Jeremiah_ For the meaning of the name, see Intr. ch. 1 § 2 (_a_). _the son of Hilkiah_ The small number of proper names among the Jews made it necessary to add the father's name for purposes of dist...
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...
THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH— This chapter forms an entire section by itself. It contains the call of Jeremiah, and the commission given him by God; the purport of which is explained by two symbolical images...
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...
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: The General Title or Introduction (Jeremiah 1:1); probably prefixed by Jeremiah when he colle...
1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...
THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY 1-3. See Introduction....
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...
דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן ־חִלְקִיָּ֑הוּ מִן ־הַ...
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...
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...
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...
The (a) words of Jeremiah the son of (b) Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in (c) Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: The Argument - The prophet Jeremiah born in the city of Anathoth in the country of...
_Helcias, the high priest who discovered the book of the law, (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. i., &c.) though this be uncertain. --- Anathoth, a village to the north of Jerusalem, to which many priests...
CONTENTS The Chapter opens with the account of Jeremiah's being called to the ministry. He is instructed by two visions. The Lord's commands to him, and his promise to be with him. Jeremiah 1:1 The...
_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...
I Have said that the time, when Jeremiah began to discharge his office of a Prophet in God’s Church, is not stated here without reason, and that it was when the state of the people was extremely corru...
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...
THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH THE SON OF HILKIAH,.... This is the general title of the whole book, and includes all his discourses, sermons, and prophecies; and designs not his own words, but the words of the...
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: Ver. 1. _The words _ _ a_ _of Jeremiah._] Piscator rendereth it _Acta Ieremiae,_ The Acts of...
_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....
The words of the word of the Lord came in the days of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin, this being one of the four cities within the territor...
THE SUPERSCRIPTION...
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...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1 The pedigree, time, and calling of Jeremiah; confirmed against his excuses, JEREMIAH 1:1 . His visions of an almond rod and a seething pot, JEREMIAH 1:11 . His heavy message against...
Jeremiah 1:1 words H1697 Jeremiah H3414 son H1121 Hilkiah H2518 priests H3548 Anathoth H6068 land H776 Benjamin...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE...
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...
1 Chronicles 6:60; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Amos 1:1; Amos 7:10; Ezekiel 1:3
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...