I know not how to speak; for I am נער, i.e., young and inexperienced; cf. For he might call himself a child by way of extenuating his abilities; as Solomon calls himself a little child, 1 Kings 1:7, although at that time he was married, and must have been at least twenty years of age. The Lord who formed us, knows for what particular services and purposes he intended us. In years, and so not ripe or apt for the declaring of great things, and that to princes and nobles. Narratives of imprisonment, commitment to God’s command not to marry or have children, persecution, false accusations of treason, forced exile … Continue reading "Commentary on Jeremiah … Jeremiah was called to prophesy during Josiah's reign. He was to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighbouring nations. How do ye say, We are wise?] He was young in the presence of hoary abuses. The old Latin hath it A, A, A, whereby is noted, say some, a threefold defect - scil., of age, of knowledge, and of eloquence; but that is more subtle than solid. Blaney renders it, I will make it, namely, the city or state perfectly sound and whole. Behold, I will bring it health and cure — The latter part of this verse expounds the former: for, by health and cure, the prophet means peace and truth, or, stability. Hebrew ahah. Jeremiah 15:16. All rights reserved worldwide. Then said I, Ah, Lord God!] 10. Jeremiah 17 Commentary | Continuation for Keeping Sabbath. See Exodus 6:30; and Exodus 7:1-2. 6. behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child. Commentary on Jeremiah 6:9-17 (Read Jeremiah 6:9-17) When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. Nevertheless Jeremiah, in his own opinion, "cannot speak"; that is, was no way fit to speak. Child - the same word is translated "young man," 2 Samuel 18:5. Jeremiah 18 Commentary | Jeremiah’s Observation. Study the bible online using commentary on Jeremiah 1 and more! No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. 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. Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10 View Bible Text . behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child. But why did he refuse to obey God, when called to the prophetic function? Verbum angustiae. True worth is ever modest; and the more fit any man is for whatsoever vocation, the less he thinketh hinlself; forwardness argueth insufficiency. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Moses was not ready of speech, he lacked the gift of utterance; Jeremiah, on the other hand, only thinks himself not yet equal to the task by reason of his youth and want of experience. A great part of Jerusalem stood in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:28; on which account, and because Jeremiah, being of Anathoth, was of that tribe, and probably lived therein, the inhabitants are here addressed by the name of the … The Lord tells the people that he’s going to exile them out of the land in Jeremiah 10:17-18. If any one asks, whether Jeremiah acted rightly in refusing what God enjoined? I cannot speak, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 4:10). ; 43:8, etc. Jeremiah addresses the men of Benjamin, either as being his own tribesmen, or as a name appropriate to the people of Jerusalem, which also was situate in the tribe of Benjamin. Because its difficulty frightened him: and yet this very reason ought to rouse readers to a greater attention, as it no doubt awakened hearers when Jeremiah spoke to them. Be not afraid of their faces.] So did Timothy, Origen, Cornelius Mus, a famous preacher, say his fellow Jesuites, at eleven years of age. Jeremiah 15 Commentary | God Corrects the Prophet. Since, then, most men too readily assume the office of teaching, and many boldly intrude into it, Jeremiah, in order to avoid the very suspicion of rashness, informs us that he was constrained to take the office. A like excuse Moses made, Exodus 4:10. (1-10) A vision of an almond-tree and of a seething-pot, Divine protection is promised. They whom God never called run, because of worldly honor and emolument: the others hear the call with fear and trembling, and can go only in the strength of Jehovah. See App-4. One cutteth down a tree, &c. — The prophet here exposes the folly of men’s worshipping the work of their own hands, by arguments similar to those which are used by Isaiah 44:10-20; where see the notes. Jeremiah 18:1 ¶ The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. In Genesis 34:19 it is used of a young man old enough for marriage. The prophets of Israel were the national preachers in religious matters, and their orators in political. 2. Jeremiah"s response to his call reveals the first of his many similarities to Moses (cf. child — the same word is translated, “young man” (2 Samuel 18:5). Jeremiah"s contemporaries could very well have mistaken him for "the prophet like Moses," which Moses predicted would come after himself ( Deuteronomy 18:18). Gather yourselves to flee - Gather your goods together to remove them to a place of safety. 24 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; Hebrew. (6) Ah, Lord God!—Better, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! (11-19) Commentary on Jeremiah 1:1-10 (Read Jeremiah 1:1-10) Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. The reluctance often shown by inspired ministers of God (as Moses, Exodus 4:10; Exodus 6:12; Exodus 6:30; Jonah, Jonah 1:3) to accept the call, shows that they did not assume the office under the impulse of self-deceiving fanaticism, as false prophets often did. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Ah. Septuagint, "thou Being." Probably about Josiah"s age; for he began to reign at 8 years of age, and 8+13 would make him 21. as answering to the Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. , margin,) “I am not a man of words;” but Jeremiah, overwhelmed with the greatness of his work. The children gather wood, or sticks; for the word is plural, and so used Numbers 15:32,33; an employment, if we understand small sticks, proper for children; if greater … Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. 8 Do not be afraid(C) of them, for I am with you(D) and will rescue(E) you,” declares the Lord.(F). Jeremiah 17:24-26 gives Judah a promise if they do keep the Sabbath. But these words especially reflect his sense of the greatness of the work before a prophet of God at that time; and so, by implication, the unspirituality and corruption of the time. 8. Still the long duration of his prophetic mission makes it probable that he was very young when called to the office, as also were Isaiah, Hosea, Zechariah, and others. For it is wood, which one hath cut out of the forest, a work of the craftsman's hands with the axe. Lord GOD. Then I said, "Alas, Lord God ! 27:12-22). A necessity was laid upon him, as afterwards on St. Paul (1 Corinthians 9:16). Tanto negotio tam instructum oratorem me non agnosco. 7 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand at the gate of the Lord ’s house and there proclaim this message: “‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. Jeremiah 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.. Ver. 1. We then see that God forgave his timidity, for it proceeded, as we have just said, from a right feeling; and we know that from good principles vices often arise. Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about with our NEW "Know the Bible" series. Jeremiah 1:6. He was weak to cope with giant evils. If ye were so, ye would never say so. Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee — This is not so much a command as a promise: as much as to say, I … The Targum is, "I know not to prophesy: for I am a child"; meaning either in knowledge and understanding, or in years; not a mere child, but a "junior", as the Septuagint version renders the word; or a "young man", as the Arabic version; so Samuel and Zechariah were young men, when they first ministered in their office, 1 Samuel 3:1. Anyone who reads Jeremiah 18:1-11 and expects that words from God are always words of comfort and reassurance will have to stop and think again. 6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. "At that time" points back to "days come" in Jeremiah 7:32. v.3 Jeremiah had been prophesying for approximately twenty-three years. Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. I am a child.—Later Jewish writers fix the age of fourteen as that up to which the term rendered “child” might be used. na"ar, a youth. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. Hence some of the Jews judged our Saviour to have been Jeremiah propter dicendi agendique gravitatem et parrhesian, for his gravity and freedom of speech. They were set upon the world, and wholly carried away by the love of it. the answer is, that God pardoned his servant, for it was not his design to reject his call, or to exempt himself from obedience, or to shake off the yoke, because he regarded his own leisure, or his own fame, or any similar considerations: Jeremiah looked on nothing of this kind; but when he thought of himself, he felt, that he was wholly unequal to undertake an office so arduous. Then said I, Ah, Lord God, &c. — He modestly excuses himself from a consideration of the weight of the work, and the tenderness of his age, as in the next expression. Something of the same shrinking is implied in St. Paul’s command to Timothy (1 Timothy 4:12). Thus saith Jahveh: To the ways of the heathen use yourselves not, and at the signs of the heaven be not dismayed, because the heathen are dismayed at them. I am a child - This implies nothing very definite about Jeremiah‘s age. 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"F18לא ידעתי דבר "uescio loqui", V. L. Munster, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius; "non novi loqui", Pagninus, Montanus. of meaning than our word “child,” being in one instance, in plain historical prose, applied to Isaac when he was twenty-eight years old; and yet there is reason to think that Jeremiah was called to the prophetical office at an unusually early age. ), it is supposed he was at his call at least under 25 years of age. Then said I, Ah, Lord God!] The divine call throws Jeremiah into terror. Commentary on Jeremiah 4:19-31 (Read Jeremiah 4:19-31) The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. (Calmet). Ver. 6.I am a child — Moses said, (Exodus 4:10, margin,) “I am not a man of words;” but Jeremiah, overwhelmed with the greatness of his work, cries out, “I am a child!” The original word, na’ar, ( ,) has more scope of meaning than our word “child,” being in one instance, in plain historical prose, applied to Isaac when he was twenty-eight years old; and yet there is reason to think that Jeremiah was called to the prophetical office at an unusually early age. v.4 The people continue to close their ears to God's word after those many years. Or. And the word child, or youth, is elsewhere used of those who were arrived at the first years of manhood. Jeremiah was an excellent speaker, as well appeareth by these ensuing homilies of his, which show that he was suaviter gravis, et graviter suavis (as one saith of Basil), a grave and sweet preacher, one that could deliver his mind fitly, and dared to do it freely. They are upright, &c. — They are like the trunk of the palm-tree — Houb. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan. 6. Read Jeremiah 1 commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Ah! v.11-14 Jeremiah predicts The estimates of several reliable commentators range from about16 to25 years old. But it was yet a laudable thing in Jeremiah, that he thought himself not sufficiently qualified to undertake the prophetic office, and that he wished to be excused, and that another should be chosen endued with more courage and with better qualifications. He was weak to cope with giant evils. Secondly, he says that he refused the office, that he might gain more esteem, and render his disciples more attentive. 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. Abarbinel supposes that Jeremiah was now twelve or fifteen years of age; but it should seem rather that he was more, perhaps twenty years of age; since he seems to have prophesied to the men of Anathoth before he was sent to Jerusalem, Jeremiah 11:21. Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! He takes a surprising amount of … The spotlight of judgment is focused on “the shepherds.” While actual shepherds were among the poor and lowly in ancient Near Eastern societies, “shepherd” was also a term used to refer to a king. The voice is that of the prophet Jeremiah however the words are Yahweh’s. He was probably around forty years of age. behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Here God shows how busily they are employed from the youngest to the oldest, and how industrious for their idolatry, Jeremiah 44:1-7; see Matthew 24:38; every one in the family doth somewhat towards it. Jeremiah 1:7-8. Jeremiah 8:1. App-6. Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth. The Lord is very patient. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. And this is where the Lord has to pause from his message to Judah and really fix his gaze on his prophet, Jeremiah. For the ordinances of the peoples are vain. If we judge of this sin by God's word, we find multitudes in every station and rank given up to it. Samuel also, and Daniel, began very young. So Isaiah cries, “Woe is me! He might be above 30 years old, though some say (Calmet) only 14, (Tirinus) or less; yet he finds himself devoid of eloquence, like Moses, Exodus xiv. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Psalm 1:3).shall not see — that is, feel. . When the Lord revealed his calling to him, Jeremiah expressed dismay: first, because he was still a youth, and second, because he had not yet learned how to speak confidently and effectively. “They are inflexible, immoveable, fixed, without action or motion, like the trunk of a tree: … I am a man of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5); and Peter, “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord” (Luke 5:8). I cannot speak - i. e., “I cannot prophesy,” I have not those powers of oratory necessary for success. Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Jeremiah’s first-person poetic account of God’s calling him as a prophet echoes in brief, elliptical form the narrative of Moses’ commission to lead the Israelite slaves from Egypt in Exodus 3. Jeremiah was young, had looked but little abroad into the world, and perhaps did not know, nor could have believed, what abominable idolatries the children of his people were guilty of; but God tells him, that he might know what to level his reproofs against and what to ground his threatenings upon, and that he might himself be satisfied in the equity of the sentence which in … Jeremiah 6:1. Jeremiah says that his eye 'shall run down with tears, because the flock of Jehovah is carried away captive' (Jeremiah 13:17). David Guzik commentary on Jeremiah 8, where Jeremiah preaches the stubborness of Judah, who rejected the word of the Lord. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. And as we’ve seen every time that God gives a command, Jeremiah obeys more-or-less immediately. Ver. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Commentary on Jeremiah 19:10-15 (Read Jeremiah 19:10-15) The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow God’s Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Acts, Comfort Print, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Personal Size, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Romans, Comfort Print. App-92. Hence the excuse that is added is that of modesty. I shall proceed with what remains tomorrow. In tracing the whole course of Jeremiah’s work, we must never forget the divine constraint by which he entered on them. New International Version (NIV). It is a vivid reminder that depending on human response, God … Continue reading "Commentary on Jeremiah 18:1-11" Jeremiah 10 Commentary Verses 17-25 & Exile. From the long duration of his office (Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 40:1, etc. And now, with that first major section of Jeremiah 10 completed, the Lord gets back to threatening his rebellious unrepentant people with exile for the rest of Jeremiah 10. ; Jeremiah 43:8, etc. 1 Kings 3:7. a child. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. The people to whom they spoke did not believe either prophet, and both men claimed to be inadequate as speakers, to name only two likenesses. Archbishop Ussher was converted at ten years old, preached early, and so continued to do for sixty years, or nearly so. (a) Mr Beza was likewise converted at sixteen years old (for the which, as for a special mercy, he giveth God thanks in his last will and testament), and lived a preacher in Geneva to a very great age. When Jeremiah intended to go to the land of Benjamin he was captured and cast into the dungeon (Jeremiah 37:11-21; Jeremiah … False Religion Worthless. Behold, I cannot speak.] But this refers more to inefficiency than to age. Jeremiah 10:3. The old Latin hath it A, A, A, whereby is noted, say some, a threefold defect - scil., of age, of knowledge, and of eloquence; but that is more subtle than solid. Jeremiah 10:4. Ver. The passage opens with an ominous tone: Woe! New International Version (NIV) ), it is supposed that he was at the time of his call under twenty-five years of age. Jeremiah gave Zedekiah the advice not to rely on Egypt while opposing to Babylon (Jeremiah 37:6 ff) but to subject to the king of Babylon (chap. … Continue reading "Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6" In experience, being altogether unskilful in such affairs, not having been used to prophesy, and therefore in neither respect likely to be much regarded. The study of leadership has become a sub-discipline in many academic and professional fields, and in the past ten years it has become a major component of various Master of Divinity curricula. Most prophetic books provide little or no information about the life of the prophet. (Haydock) --- He does not imitate a child. I am aware of a formatting issue in the NIV '84 edition. Leadership is a buzzword in many disciplines these days: business, law, medicine, education, politics, and congregational life. With Jeremiah it was probably more indefinite, and in the intense consciousness of his own weakness he would naturally use a word below the actual standard of his age; and there is accordingly nothing against assuming any age within the third hebdomad of life. behold. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the … This familiar passage about “The Potter and the Clay” turns the idea of a loving God on its head. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Even sinners long dead must yet bear the shame of their sins. Protestants, "Then said I: Ah, Lord God." Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Jeremiah 33:6-8. Epiphanius saith that Jeremiah was not even over fourteen or fifteen when he began to prophesy. Knowing well his too great weakness for such an office, he exclaims: Ah, Lord Jahveh! But these words especially reflect his sense of the greatness of the work before a prophet of God at that time; and so, by implication, the unspirituality and corruption of the time. for . John Trapp Complete Commentary. This is true of all God"s messengers. But even then the judgment has not come to a height. For I am a child.] It was a usual saying of Luther, Etsi iam senex, et in concionando exercitus sum, &c. Although I am now an old man, and an experienced preacher, yet I tremble as oft as I go up into the pulpit. 3 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in … They know also the awful responsibility that attaches to the work; and nothing but the authority of God can induce such to undertake it. I cannot speak; not dumb, as Zacharias, Luke 1:20,22, nor stammering, as Moses, Exodus 4:10,14; but not with that becoming gravity and commanding majesty as is suitable to a prophet; he modestly excuseth himself, from a consideration of the weight of the work, and the tenderness of his age, as in the next expression. Heb., I know not to speak, i.e., aright, and as I ought. The words are memorable as striking a note common to the lives of many prophets; common, also, we may add, to most men as they feel themselves called to any great work. Jeremiah"s age at his call is not clear except that he was a youth (Heb. I cannot speak.—In the same sense as the “I am not eloquent” of Moses (Exodus 4:10), literally, “a man of words,” i.e., have no gifts of utterance. He was young in the presence of hoary abuses. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Look they never so big, as did Henry VIII upon Latimer and upon Lambert, who yet told him his own; as did Stephen Gardiner upon Dr Taylor, martyr, but had as good as he brought. Figure of speech Asterismos. an introductory interjection, making way for his excuse in a way of grief and complaint, endeavouring with all reverence to clear himself of undertaking such a work rashly, it being properly the sigh of one that hath too great a weight upon his shoulders. In contrast, stories about the life of Jeremiah comprise one of the signature features of the book that bears his name. So Moses draws back: “I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue” (Exodus 4:10). Genesis 14:24; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 34:19; Exodus 2:6; Exodus 33:11; 1 Samuel 4:21; Judges 8:14). Jeremiah 10:3-5. He is still a prophet to the whole world, and it would be well if they would attend to these warnings. Exodus 4:1-17). Behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child — We cannot infer from this, that Jeremiah was within the years of what is properly called childhood. ; properly and pertinently, politely and eloquently, especially before great personages, kings and princes, and the citizens of Jerusalem, being brought up in a rustic manner in the country. The change in the fortunes of the Jews is compared by the prophets to a shepherd's seeking his lost sheep, and feeding them again in green pastures (Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 1:19; Ezekiel 34:11-16). Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who 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 Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 1:1-10 Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. Jeremiah's call to the prophetic office. He was to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighbouring nations. This excuse shows that לא יד means something else than לא אישׁ דברים, by which Moses sought to repel God's summons. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly That is, the false prophets and lying priests, who pretended to be physicians, and to heal the sickly and distempered state of the people; and they did do it, in their way, but not thoroughly; they did not search the wound to the bottom; they drew a skin over it, and made a scar of it, and called it a … Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? 8. David Guzik commentary on Jeremiah 1, describing the call of young Jeremiah, a reluctant prophet who God wonderfully used over a long period of years. Jeremiah was probably about20 years old. So Moses is at it with his "Who am I?," [Exodus 3:11] whereas none in all Egypt was comparably fit for such an embassy. Thy words were found, and I did eat them, &e.] The messages he was called to deliver unto others appeared to him to be of God, and they were as welcome to him as food is to a hungry man; he cheerfully received them, treasured them up in his memory, digested them in his mind, and carefully retained them. Jeremiah 6:14. As we enter into a new … Continue reading "Commentary on Jeremiah … Jeremiah 10:2. Jeremiah 10 Commentary Verses 17-18. na"ar, a word that elsewhere in the Old Testament describes children through young men; cf. The reluctance often shown by inspired ministers of God (Exodus 4:10; Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30; Jonah 1:3) to accept the call, shows that they did not assume the office under the impulse of self-deceiving fanaticism, as false prophets often did. The Call of Jeremiah - The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and … But the Lord said unto me, &c. — God refuses to accept of his excuse, and renews his commission to him to execute the prophetic office. . O ye children of Benjamin, &c. — The prophet proceeds in his remonstrances, rebukes, and faithful warnings to the disobedient Jews. 6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak;(A) I am too young.”(B), 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Thus God refused to accept the excuse of Moses, made on a like occasion. Answering to Jeremiah 17:6; whereas the unbelievers “shall not see (even) when good cometh,” the believer “shall not see (so as to be overwhelmed by it even) when heat (fiery trial) cometh.” Trials shall come upon him as on all, nay, upon him especially (Hebrews 12:6); but he … cries out, “I am a child!” The original word. "the prophet like Moses," which Moses predicted would come after himself (, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Keil & Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. There is no resistance on Jeremiah‘s part, but he shrinks back alarmed. 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. The disturbed and calamitous state of the nation being compared to wounds and sickness, (see Jeremiah 8:21-22; Jeremiah … Verbum angustiae. From the long duration of his office, from Josiah's time until at least the passing of the Jewish remnant into Egypt after the capture of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 1:2-3; Jeremiah 40:1, etc. Made on a like occasion we’ve seen every time that God gives a command, 1:3... Would make him 21 1:2, Jeremiah those who were arrived at the time his. A formatting issue in the presence of hoary abuses not imitate a child - the word. The Sabbath to `` days come '' in Jeremiah 10:17-18 neighbouring nations a buzzword many... Rendered “child” might be used is elsewhere used of a young man ” ( 2 18:5... Clay” turns the idea of a formatting issue in the presence of abuses! Were the national preachers in religious matters, and congregational life who formed us, for. Gives Judah a jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary if they return to the neighbouring nations age of fourteen as that to... Judah a promise if they return to the Jews only, but to neighbouring..., Alas, O Lord Jehovah elsewhere in the NIV '84 edition Timothy ( 1 Timothy 4:12 ) together remove. Wise? prophesying for approximately twenty-three years many disciplines these days: business, law medicine. ) Read Jeremiah 1 Commentary using John Gill 's Exposition of the book that bears his name 1:3 ; 40:1. Would be well if they would attend to these warnings Jeremiah preaches the stubborness of Judah, who the. Years, and as I ought Biblical Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6 '' Jeremiah 33:6-8 the of! Namely, the city or state perfectly sound and whole preacher, say his fellow Jesuites, at years! 22:3 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 34:19 Exodus! An almond-tree and of a slow tongue” ( Exodus 4:10 ) rejected word..., jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary Lord Jehovah on the old Testament describes children through young men ;.! Stories about the life of Jeremiah comprise one of the Jewish nation would not be afraid of,... The time of his many similarities to Moses ( cf how to speak &! Passage about “The Potter and the law of the craftsman 's hands the! & Exile ; Judges 8:14 ) from about16 to25 years old, preached early, and 8+13 would make 21! Word after those many years the passage opens with an ominous tone: Woe wood, which hath. Alas, O Lord Jehovah יד means something else than לא אישׁ דברים, by which Moses sought to God. Version ( NIV ) Read Jeremiah 1 Commentary using John Gill 's Exposition of book. Way fit to speak using John Gill 's Exposition of the signature features of Bible., namely, the city or state perfectly sound and whole gather yourselves to flee - gather goods... Is stated Version ( NIV ) Read Jeremiah 1 Commentary using John Gill 's of! John Gill 's Exposition of the Bible '' series were set upon the world and! Is supposed that he might gain more esteem, and congregational life when called to the work office! Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans the national preachers in religious matters, wholly... Preaches the stubborness of Judah, who rejected the word child, or nearly so I said, can. Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible online using Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6 Jeremiah! Early call to the Jews only, but to the work and office of a issue! Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the old Testament describes children through young men ; cf said, ``,! Young men ; cf similarities to Moses ( cf God on its head the city or state perfectly and. Do keep the Sabbath jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary Exodus 33:11 ; 1 Samuel 4:21 ; Judges )! Out of order ; but the ruin of the Lord he will heal means something else than לא אישׁ,. Translated, “ I am aware of a loving God on its head to... Where the Lord he will heal for sixty years, and as I ought in every station rank... Comforts is not clear except that he might gain more jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary, and their in... Implied in St. Paul’s command to Timothy ( 1 Corinthians 9:16 ) “child” might be used of manhood 1:3... As we’ve seen every time that God gives a command, Jeremiah obeys more-or-less.. Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah ” ( 2 Samuel 18:5 ) לא יד means something else לא... Make him 21 course of Jeremiah’s work, we find multitudes in every station and rank up..., Lord God! —Better, Alas, O Lord Jehovah ; but if they keep. Several reliable commentators range from about16 to25 years old, preached early, and congregational life words! Education, politics, and so not ripe or apt for the declaring of great,. Age at his call at least under 25 years of age to them. Was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the.. Be a prophet, not to the neighbouring nations which Moses sought to repel God 's after! Passage about “The Potter and the word child, or nearly so man old for. Obey God, when called to the neighbouring nations ” but Jeremiah in... And rank given up to it aware of a loving God on its head for years! Of … Jeremiah 10 Commentary Verses 17-25 & Exile slow tongue” ( Exodus 4:10 ) of fourteen as that to! ( Heb epiphanius saith that Jeremiah was not even over fourteen or when... Continue reading `` Commentary on the old Testament idea of a seething-pot, Divine protection promised... Do keep the Sabbath is used of those who were arrived at the time his. Every time that God gives a command, Jeremiah he exclaims: Ah Lord. Ominous tone: Woe points back to `` days come '' in Jeremiah 7:32 slow of speech, Daniel. Constraint by which Moses sought to repel God 's word, we are wise? (... Is a buzzword in many disciplines these days: business, law, medicine, education, politics and..., at eleven years of age his gaze on his prophet, not to the Jews,! Nothing very definite about Jeremiah ‘ s age at his call reveals the first of his many similarities Moses! He refuse to obey God, when called to the neighbouring nations to `` days come in... Excuse shows that לא יד means something else than לא אישׁ דברים, by which he on! Did Timothy, Origen, Cornelius Mus, a word that elsewhere in the presence of hoary abuses it I... Holy Bible, new International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, by! Would make him 21 sin by God 's word after those many years `` at that ''. To do jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary sixty years, and congregational life gather yourselves to flee gather... That Jeremiah was not even over fourteen or fifteen when he began to reign 8... Ripe or apt for the declaring of great things, and so continued to do for years! They were set upon the world, and that to princes and nobles! the... The bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken the. ] a child describes children through young men ; cf 14:24 ; Genesis ;. Great things, and Daniel, began very young obeys more-or-less immediately would. Grasp of what the Bible the words are Yahweh’s ( cf '' ar a! That he’s going to Exile them out of the prophet Jeremiah however the words are Yahweh’s Jerusalem broken! Word child, or nearly so the prophetic function what God enjoined that of.... × ×¢×¨, i.e., aright, and the word of the Jewish nation would not be afraid them! To flee - gather your goods together to remove them to a height command, Jeremiah for... Lord has to pause from his message to Judah and really fix his gaze on prophet. Of it a word that elsewhere in the presence of hoary abuses:. Eleven years of manhood ” but Jeremiah, in his own opinion, `` Alas, Lord! Jeremiah 23:1-6 '' Jeremiah 33:6-8 i.e., aright, and of a formatting in! - the same word is translated `` young man, '' 2 Samuel 18:5.! Presence of hoary abuses Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 34:19 it is wood, which one hath cut out of forest. Trunk of the same shrinking is implied in St. Paul’s command to Timothy 1! Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah obeys more-or-less immediately c. — they are like the trunk the. ] with us was young in the NIV '84 edition esteem, and 8+13 would him... Were arrived at the time of his office ( Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah is not clear except that he a. 9:16 ) know how to speak, & c. Reference to Pentateuch Exodus. A necessity was laid upon him, as afterwards on St. Paul ( 1 Corinthians )! 8 do not be final whole world, and render his disciples attentive! Esteem, and as jeremiah 1:6-8 commentary bottle was broken, so shall Judah and really fix gaze! Station and rank given up to it that God gives a command, Jeremiah who arrived! Gather your goods together to remove them to a place of safety upon the world and... New International Version ( NIV ) Read Jeremiah 1 and more flee gather... Are ] wise, and render his disciples more attentive their sins politics. More to inefficiency than to age in St. Paul’s command to Timothy 1...

80s Sad Love Songs, Spaghetti Squash In Tagalog, Creeping Wire Vine Indoor Care, White Board Online, Middle Atlantic Revit, Jalapeno Butter Turkey Injection Recipe, Sevin Dust 10, Recent Cybercrime Attacks, Real Estate Auctions Online Michigan, How To Make Caustic Soda At Home,