Jeremiah 1:1-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

We have here as much as it was thought fit we should know of the genealogy of this prophet and the chronology of this prophecy. 1. We are told what family the prophet was of. He was the son of Hilkiah, not that Hilkiah, it is supposed, who was high priest in Josiah's time (for then he would have been called so, and not, as here, one of the priests that were in Anathoth), but another of the same name. Jeremiah signifies one raised up by the Lord. It is said of Christ that he is a prophet whom... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:4-10

Here is, I. Jeremiah's early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business (Jer. 1:4, 5): The word of the Lord came to him, with a satisfying assurance to himself that it was the word of the Lord and not a delusion; and God told him, 1. That he had ordained him a prophet to the nations, or against the nations, the nation of the Jews in the first place, who are now reckoned among the nations because they had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1

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 Lord, which were put into his mouth, and he delivered under divine inspiration. The Septuagint version renders it, "the word of God": and the Arabic version, "the word of the Lord": the Targum, "the words of the prophecy of Jeremiah;' who is described by his descent and parentage, "the son... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:2

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah ,.... This was the beginning of the prophecy of Jeremiah, so that he prophesied long after Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah; for this king was the son of Amon king of Judah , which Amon was the son of Manasseh; the Septuagint and Arabic versions wrongly call him Amos; and Jeremiah began to prophesy in the thirteenth year of his reign : in the twenty first of Josiah's age, for he began to reign when he was eight years old, and he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:3

And it came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah ,.... In the beginning of his reign, and in the fourth year of his reign; see Jeremiah 25:1 , no mention is made of Jehoahaz, who reigned between Josiah and Jehoiakim, because his reign was short, but three months, 2 Kings 23:31 , and perhaps no word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in his time, though it did before and after: unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah ; so that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:4

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, Jeremiah 1:2 . The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read, "unto him". read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:5

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 joined with it; in which sense the Lord knows them that are his, as he does not others, and predestinates them unto eternal life; and which is not only before their formation in the womb, but before the foundation of the world, even from all eternity. The forming of the human foetus is God's act,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:6

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! .... The word אהה , "Ah", or "Ahah", is used in distress and grief, as Kimchi observes; and is expressive of mourning and complaint, as Jarchi notes; and shows that the prophet was troubled and uneasy at his call, and would gladly have been excused on the following account: behold, I cannot speak ; or, "I know not how to speak" F18 לא ידעתי דבר "uescio loqui", V. L. Munster, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius; "non novi loqui", Pagninus, Montanus. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:7

But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child ,.... This excuse will not be admitted: for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee ; either to "every place", as the Targum paraphrases; or "to all persons to whom" he should be sent, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words; or "to all things for which" he should send him, as the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions. The sense is, that he should go everywhere, and to every person, and on every errand and message he should... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:8

Be not afraid of their faces ,.... Their stern looks, their frowning brows, and angry countenances, which would threaten him with destruction and death: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the Lord ; out of their hands, when in the most imminent danger. The Targum paraphrases the words thus, "my Word shall be thine help to deliver thee:' which is true of Christ, the essential Word of God. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 1:4-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 1:8

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