Jeremiah 1:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 1:1

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were ^ain Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^aJosiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, ^bin the thirteenth year of his reign.

3 It came also in the days of ^aJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^buntil the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^cuntil the carrying away of Jerusalem captive ^din the fifth month.

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4 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

5 “Before I¹ ^aformed you in the womb ^bI knew you;
Before you were born I ^csanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

6 Then said I:
^a“Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

7 But the Lord said to me:
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
For you shall go to all to whom I send you,
And ^awhatever I command you, you shall speak.

8 ^aDo not be afraid of their faces,
For ^bI am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.

9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and ^atouched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
“Behold, I have ^bput My words in your mouth.

10 ^aSee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To ^broot out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.”

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a¹ branch of an almond tree.”

12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am¹ ready to perform My word.”

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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 1:1:

Anathoth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Anathoth {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Anathoth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Benjamin {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Benjamin {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Benjamin {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hilkiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hilkiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Hilkiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jeremiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jeremiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Ain {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Jeremiah 1:1:

Self-surrender {I.S.B.E.}

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