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Verse Jeremiah 1:5. _BEFORE I FORMED THEE_] I had destined thee to the
prophetic office before thou wert born: I had formed my plan, and
appointed thee to be my envoy to his people. St. Paul speaks of...
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Rather, “Before I formed thee in the belly.” I approved of thee
(as one fit for the prophetic office),” and before thou camest forth
from the womb” I made thee holy (dedicated thee to holy uses); I
ha...
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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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I KNEW. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for choosing.
Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:17). App-92.
SANCTIFIED THEE. set thee apart, or, hallowed thee. See note on Exodu...
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The Prophet's call and its nature...
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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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_I knew thee_ meaning not mere acquaintance, but choice as a
consequence of knowledge. The parallelism of contrast, frequent in the
poetical books of the Bible, shews this to be the sense of the word...
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BEFORE I FORMED THEE, &C.— See Isaiah 49:1. We have examples of a
similar designation with that mentioned in the text, in St. John the
Baptist, and St. Paul....
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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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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
KNEW THEE - approved of thee as my cho...
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1:5 appointed (a-24) Lit. 'gave.' so in ver. 18....
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THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY
1-3. See Introduction....
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I KNEW THEE] approved, selected thee: cp. Genesis 18:19; Psalms 1:6;
Nahum 1:7. SANCTIFIED] consecrated: cp. John Baptist (Luke 1:15) and
St. Paul ...
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I KNEW THEE. — With the force which the word often has in Hebrew, as
implying. not foreknowledge only, but choice and approval (Psalms 1:6;
Psalms 37:18; Amos 3:2).
I SANCTIFIED THEE. — i.e., consecra...
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בְּ טֶ֨רֶם _אֶצָּרְךָ֤_† בַ †
בֶּ֨טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ...
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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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Before I (g) formed thee in the womb I knew thee; and before thou wast
born I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet to the (h)
nations.
(g) The scripture uses this manner of speech to decl...
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_Knew, with affection, and designed thee for this office for eternity.
Many think (Calmet) that Jeremias was purified from original sin
before his birth. (St. Augustine) --- He had this privilege, and...
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I have often read this Chapter with particular pleasure, and marked
with much emphasis what is contained in these verses: for in them we
find the most decisive testimony, to that distinguishing attrib...
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Here Jeremiah explains more fully what he had already mentioned that
he had been called from above, for otherwise he would have
presumptuously obtruded himself: for no one, as the Apostle says,
takes...
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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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BEFORE I FORMED THEE IN THE BELLY I KNEW THEE,.... Not merely by his
omniscience, so he knows all men before their conception and birth;
but with such a knowledge as had special love and affection joi...
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a
prophet unto the nations.
Ver. 5. _Before I formed thee in the b...
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Jer. 1:5. "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before
thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee; and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations." In the same manner as God i...
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_Then the word of the Lord came unto me_ With a satisfying assurance
to himself, that it was the word of the Lord, and not a delusion.
_Before I formed thee in the belly_ That is, the womb. Having spo...
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Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee, before ever his
conception had taken place, the Lord had destined him to be His
prophet; AND BEFORE THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB, I SANCTIFIED
THEE...
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THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
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ORDAINED:
_ Heb._ gave...
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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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BEFORE I FORMED THEE IN THE BELLY, i.e. womb, ISAIAH 46:3. Having
spoken before of the time of his call, JEREMIAH 1:4, he now speaks of
the manner of it. I KNEW THEE, i.e. approved and appointed thee,...
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JEREMIAH LEARNS THAT HE WAS CHOSEN FROM BIRTH TO BE A PROPHET TO THE
NATIONS (JEREMIAH 1:4).
When the ‘word of YHWH' first came to Jeremiah God informed him that
he had been chosen even before he was...
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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 1:5 God’s plan for Jeremiah was that he
be CONSECRATED, or “set apart,” for preaching God’s word.
Jeremiah’s ministry is to be a prophet TO THE NATIONS, not just to
Israel ...
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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 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 4:11; Ephesians 4:12;...
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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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I sanctified — I ordained thee for this public service. He speaks
thus to Jeremiah, not to the other prophets, because he stood in need
of greater encouragement than they, both in respect of the tende...
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Does Jeremiah teach reincarnation in this verse?
PROBLEM: God told Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew
you; before you were born I sanctified you; and ordained you a prophet
to the nati...