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JER 1:1
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JER 1:5
Jeremiah 1:5. Before I formed thee, &c.— See Isaiah 49:1-5. We have examples of a similar designation with that mentioned in the text, in St. John the Baptist, and St. Paul.
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JER 1:10
Jeremiah 1:10. See, I have—set thee over the nations— In the style of Scripture the prophets are said to do what they declare shall be done, and therefore Jeremiah is here said to be set over nations, to root out, &c.; because he was authorized to make known the purposes of God, and because these events would follow in consequence of his prophesies. See Isa 6:9 and Bishop Newton on the Prophesies, vol. 1.
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JER 1:13
Jeremiah 1:13. I said, I see a seething-pot— A pot that sendeth forth steam. The steam of a boiling-pot very properly represents the judgments of the Almighty, which are often compared to a fire, as the afflictions of the Israelites are to a smoking furnace. The latter part of the verse should be rendered, And the face thereof is turned from the north: that is to say, the steam of it was represented to the prophet is coming from the north; so that the pot or cauldron itself may denote Judea, set on fire, and consumed by an army of Chaldeans, whose country lay to the north of Palestine. See Eze 11:7 and Calmet.
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JER 1:15
Jeremiah 1:15. And they shall set every one his throne, &c.— The allusion here is to the ancient custom of setting and judging at the gates: "I will send against Jerusalem the princes, to judge, to condemn, to punish it: I will establish a tribunal at each of your gates, where kings shall sit to judge you, attended with soldiers, ready to execute their decrees." The prophesy was fulfilled when this city was taken by Nebuchadnezzar. See ch. Jeremiah 39:3.
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Jeremiah 1:1. The words of Jeremiah— This chapter forms an entire section by itself. It contains the call of Jeremiah, and the commission given him by God; the purport of which is explained by two symbolical images. God encourages him to proceed in the execution of it by assuring him of protection and support.
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