https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/jeremiah-1.html. He was said to do what he has the commission to declare that God will do. has he no heir? 1832. The Babylonian exile was, for the moment, a time of chastisement; it also became a time of national repentance (see Jeremiah 24:5-7). “We are, “ they say, “above both kings and nations.” By what right? . Jeremiah 18:7; 1 Kings 19:17,-namely, by the word of the Lord in his mouth, the efficacious instrument of destroying the guilty; Ezekiel 43:3). BibliographyBeza, Theodore.
But what a mercy of God to the Church was it that the same day that Pelagius, that arch-heretic, was born in Britain, Augustine, the great confuter of that heretic, should be born in Africa - Providence so disposing that the poison and the antidote should come into world together. The authority, then, which God ascribes to his own word, ought to be noticed by us: Behold, I have set thee over nations and kingdoms.
This word Sal. "Commentary on Jeremiah 1:10". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". I have - set thee over the nations - God represents his messengers the prophets as doing what he commanded them to declare should be done.
. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. [Note: See Hobart E. Freeman, An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, p243-44.] [Note: Warren W. Wiersbe, " Jeremiah ," in The Bible Exposition Commentary/Prophets, p77.]. See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms,.... Not as a prince, but as a prophet over them, to prophesy things concerning them, whether good or evil, which should certainly come to pass as he predicted: to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down; that is, to foretell that such a kingdom and nation should be rooted out, as a tree or plant that is plucked up by the roots; and that such an one should be pulled, and thrown down, and destroyed, as a building is. 1999. See also Kenneth L. Barker, "Jeremiah"s Ministry and Ours," Bibliotheca Sacra127:507 (July1970):223-31. . View more titles. Retail: $7.99. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. He was to have his eye upon the nations, and to predict their destruction or restoration, according as their conduct was bad or good. And God is like that, awake and vigilant. We must emphasize the reality." "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary".
The order would have seemed better had he said first, I set thee to build and to plant, according to what is said by Paul, who declares that vengeance was prepared by him and the other teachers against all despisers, and against all the height of the world, when your obedience, he says, shall be completed. Revelation 19:19-21 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse... Jeremiah 18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; Jeremiah 24:6 For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down... Jeremiah 31:4,5,28 Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets... Isaiah 44:26-28 That confirms the word of his servant, and performes the counsel of his messengers; that said to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited... Ezekiel 36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate... Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins... JeremiahAmong those who had hoped for a permanent spiritual revival as the result of the reformation under Josiah was Jeremiah, called of God to the prophetic office while still a youth, in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign. --1 Peter ii. It passes through terror and darkness to the glory and the blessing of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31). We indeed know that all kinds of wickedness then prevailed everywhere, as though the land had been filled with thorns and briers. ", George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary.
"Calvin's Commentary on the Bible".
https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/jeremiah-1.html. We have received with becoming charity our common sons, George the presbyter and Theodore your deacon; and we rejoice that you have passed from the care of ecclesiastical business to the government of souls, since, according to the voice of the Truth, He that is faithful in a little will be faithful also in much (Luke xvi. Jeremia zerstört diese Heilssicherheit, was ihn beinahe das Leben gekostet hätte. 1870.
"Commentary on Jeremiah 1:10". BibliographyClarke, Adam.
The prophet’s work was to be in some sense the very counterpart of that of Moses.
2012. There must first be the message of judgment, the tearing down.
BibliographyBarnes, Albert. This indicates the moral condition of the times, and foreshadows the character of the book. To Cyriacus, Bishop. To build, and to plant.] He would announce both good news and bad, oracles of judgment and messages of comfort and encouragement. And be healed "And I should heal" - ואר פא veer pa, Septuagint, Vulgate. See an instance in Romans 10:9, where indeed the true order is given last, the ostensible act being in the first instance stated, and then the principle from which it proceeds. ], "This is a paradigm of the spiritual life, for God has first to remove the sin before the sinner can begin to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ (, [Note: Harrison, Jeremiah and . And to the servant who administers well it is said, Because thou hast been faithful over a few things, A COMMUNION MEDITATION AT MENTONE. With their heart "With their hearts" - ובלבבו ubilebabo, fifteen MSS. For though it be the odour of death unto death to those who perish, it is yet the odor of life unto life to the elect of God.
{See Trapp on "Hosea 6:5"} John 20:23. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. . Go to, "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant. 1905. 1. Coming soon: our Thanksgiving email series will be an exercise in biblical renewal. These last words are not in the Arabic version. But we must ever bear in mind what the state of the people was: for impiety, perverseness, and hardened iniquity had for so long a time prevailed, that it was necessary to begin with ruin and eradication; for Jeremiah could not have planted or have built the temple of God, except he had first destroyed, pulled down, laid waste, and cut off. Wherever Jeremiah was sent on his prophetic mission the Lord would be there before, My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year, Among those who had hoped for a permanent spiritual revival as the result of the reformation under Josiah was Jeremiah, called of God to the prophetic office while still a youth, in the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign.