Jeremiah 1:1

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:1-10

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 it would be well if they would attend to these warnings. The Lord who formed us, knows for what particular services and purposes he intended us. But unless he sanctify us by his new-creating Spirit, we shall neither be fit for his holy service on earth, nor his holy happiness in heaven. It becomes... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 1:1-3

The Superscription v. 1. 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 territory of Benjamin allotted to the Kohathites, Joshua 21:18; v. 2. to whom Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. v. 3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 1:1-19

1. THE INTRODUCTIONJeremiah 1:01. The SuperscriptionJer 1:1-3 11The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests that were [LXX., 2dwelt] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, To whom the word of the Lord [Jehovah] came [was communicated]2 in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, 3king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-19

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 sanctification here referred to applies to office rather than to character, and means set apart . See John 17:19 . Jeremiah was very young, and shrank from the responsibility of the great mission entrusted to him. Thus it has been with the noblest, Exodus 4:10 . But that is godly fear indeed... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 1:1-19

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 once reveals the clearness of that call and his shrinking from the great work. With great patience Jehovah bore with Jeremiah’s fear, and encouraged him by words and signs. It is interesting to note how the "I" of Jehovah was set over against the "I" of Jeremiah. Two signs were granted to him, the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-10

Jeremiah, the Wailing Prophet Jeremiah 1:1-10 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 nation. Sin and iniquity were raging. Baal was being worshiped, and the abominations of the nations was Judah's delight. 1. Jeremiah was a man called of God. God said unto him, "I formed thee * * I knew thee * * I sanctified thee * * I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nations." 2. Jeremiah was... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 1:1-2

JEREMIAH’S CALL‘Jeremiah … to whom the word of the Lord came.’ Jeremiah 1:1-Exodus : I. The considerations employed by God to induce the prophet to undertake his office.—It is obvious that the language is meant to assure him and to lead him to acquiesce in his appointment. Why should God’s acts in the present have less force than His designs in the past? Perhaps the real force of predestination is the corroboration which it brings to the present out of the past. It gives the idea of a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:1-3

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 was prospering materially. It was five years before the discovery of the Law Book in the Temple (2 Kings 22:8), and was at a time of rampant idolatry in Judah which had become so engrained that YHWH would warn Huldah the prophetess that even Josiah’s reforms would only delay His wrath on Judah (2... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 1:1-3

Jeremiah 1:1-Leviticus : . 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 year of Josiah), and to have continued under Jehoiakim (608– 597) and Zedekiah (597– 586). The present book, however, contains prophecies delivered after “ the carrying away of Jerusalem captive” (586 B.C.; cf. 2 Kings 25:8 ff.), viz. in Jeremiah 42-44. Probably 2 was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 1:1

The words, i.e. sermons or prophecies, which he received from God, (as being his mouth to declare them unto the people,) and comprised all in the volume of this book going under his name, as the matter and substance of them. See Poole "Isaiah 2:1". The son of Hilkiah: as this serves to distinguish him from other priests, so his being of Anathoth ranks him among the common priests; not that high priest mentioned 2 Kings 22:8, under whose progeny Jeremiah is not named, 1 Chronicles 6:13; who, it... read more

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