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- The LORD first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
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Jeremiah’s Call and First Visions. 4 The Lord gave me this message: 5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart. and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” 6 “O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”
In Jeremiah 1 verse 5, Jeremiah was told that long before he was born, God had chosen him for this important task. He was to be a prophet, not just to the Kingdom of Judah but “a prophet unto the nations”. He was called by God and charged with an awesome responsibility.
Jeremiah 1. 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 2 The Lord first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
According to the book of Jeremiah, during the reign of King Zedekiah, the Lord instructed Jeremiah to make a yoke with the message that the nation would be subject to the king of Babylon.
During the fifth year of Jehoiakim, when Baruch was reading publicly from Jeremiah’s scroll, some of the political leaders who heard Jeremiah’s message advised Baruch and Jeremiah to hide while they made known to the king the content of the message . King Jehoiakim called for the scroll, listened to the contents, and then supervised the ...
In other words, Jeremiah was to accuse Israel and warn them of God’s coming judgment, but he was to also give a message of hope for the future. This introduction perfectly summarizes the first large section, chapters 1-24, consisting of a collection of Jeremiah’s writings from before the exile.
Jeremiah 1. The Message. Demolish, and Then Start Over. 1 1-4 The Message of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah of the family of priests who lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin. God’s Message began to come to him during the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon reigned over Judah.
