What does Jeremiah 1:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordaineda thee a prophet unto the nations."
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Exod...
The Prophet's call and its nature...
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....
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 prop...
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 ch...
1:5 appointed (a-24) Lit. 'gave.' so in ver. 18....
THE CALL OF JEREMIAH (13TH YEAR OF JOSIAH). FIRST PROPHECY 1-3. See Introduction....
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., consec...
בְּ טֶ֨רֶם _אֶצָּרְךָ֤_† בַ † בֶּ֨טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּ בְ טֶ֛רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵ רֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE PROPHET...
ORDAINED: _ Heb._ gave...
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...
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,...
Jeremiah 1:5 Before H2962 formed H3335 (H8799) womb H990 knew H3045 (H8804) born H3318 (H8799) H7358 sanctified H6942 (H8689) ordained H5414 (H8804) prophet H5030 nations H1471 Before I - Psalms 71:5...
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...
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 J...
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 foreknowl...
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...
_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. “...
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. Jeremiah 1:4), and the Lord’s promised protecti...
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 MATTERS WHICH HE HAS TO ANNOUNCE. JEREMIAH 1:1 There are some indic...
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...
2 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 4:11; Ephesians 4:12; Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:17; Galatians 1:15; Galatians 1:16; Isaiah 49:1;...
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...
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...
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...