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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 his own call to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles in similar terms, Galatians 1:15 , Galatians 1:16 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:6

I cannot speak - Being very young, and wholly inexperienced, I am utterly incapable of conceiving aright, or of clothing these Divine subjects in suitable language. Those who are really called of God to the sacred ministry are such as have been brought to a deep acquaintance with themselves, feel their own ignorance, and know their own weakness. They know also the awful responsibility that attaches to the work; and nothing but the authority of God can induce such to undertake it. They whom... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:1

Verse 1 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 corrupt, the whole of Religion having become vitiated, because the Book of the Law was lost: for nowhere else can be found the rule according to which God is to be worshipped; nor can right knowledge be obtained from any other source. It was then, at the time when impiety had by a long custom... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:2

Verse 2 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, that he brought nothing but what had been delivered to him by God, as though he had said, that he faithfully declared what God had commanded him. For we know that the whole authority belongs entirely to God, with regard to the doctrine of religion, and that it is not in the power of men to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:3

Verse 3 As to the beginning of his time and its termination, it has been briefly shewn, why he says that he had been chosen a prophet in the thirteenth year of Josiah, and that he discharged his office till the eleventh year of Zedekiah. Now that Josiah is called the son of Amon, it is doubtful whether Josiah was properly his son. Amon began to reign in his twenty-second year, and reigned only two years. Josiah succeeded him in the eighth year of his age. If we number the years precisely,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:5

Verse 5 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 this honor to himself; but the call of God alone raises up prophets and teachers to their dignity see Hebrews 5:4. Hence, that Jeremiah might secure attention, he declares that he had been called to the prophetic office, and that by the clear voice of God. For this purpose, he says, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:6

Verse 6 After having spoken of his call, the Prophet adds, that he at first refused his office, and he states this for two reasons; first, that he might clear himself from every suspicion of rashness, for we know how much ambition prevails among men, according to what James intimates, that many wish to be teachers, (James 3:1) and there is hardly one who is not anxious to be listened to. Since, then, most men too readily assume the office of teaching, and many boldly intrude into it, Jeremiah,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1

The words of Jeremiah . This introductory formula only occurs here and in Amos 1:1 . The editor of Jeremiah and of Amos deserts the usual phrase ("burden" or , "utterance," "vision," "the word of the LORD which came," etc.) in order to give fuller information concerning the origin of the prophetic writers (but see on verse 2). On the name Jeremiah, and on the position occupied by Hilkiah, see Introduction. That were in Anathoth . So Vulgate; Septuagint, however (followed by Payne... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

There are some indications that the original form of the heading has been somewhat modified. Notice read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

On the external surroundings of the life of Jeremiah. These words, which constitute the preface to the Book of Jeremiah, are evidently intended to furnish a historical setting for the writings of the prophet. But they also throw light on his character and work. For, though the true life of every man is his inner spiritual life, we cannot estimate the worth of this until we have taken account of the circumstances in which it is placed, the aids and the hindrances it receives from without.... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

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