I have ... set you over - literally, I have made you Pakeed, i.e., deputy. This title is given only to those invested with high authority (e…

I have this day set thee ... — With the gift, and therefore the consciousness, of a new power, comes a prospective view o…

What a mysterious power rested on this God-sent messenger!

Poor Jeremiah was often in prison, frequently at death's door, yet he was the mast…

Here Jeremiah speaks again of his calling, so that his doctrine might not be despised as though it came from a private individual. He, therefore, t…

See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the
kingdoms
Not as a prince…

Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. He was to be a prophet, not only to the Jews but also to the neighbouring nati…

1. Here begins the discourse of the book itself. First, the office of prophet is enjoined upon Jeremiah. Second, a prophecy is given to the …