Came - literally, was ; the phrase implies that Jeremiah po e ed God’s word from that time onward, not intermittently as coming and going, b…

The first three verses contain the title prefixed to the collection of prophecies by some later editor. This title would seem, from its unusual ful…

Jeremiah was a young man when he was called to the prophetic office; and he was sent by God, as a young prophet, to help the young king, Josiah. Hi…

I have said that the time when Jeremiah began to discharge his office as a Prophet in God’s Church is not stated here without reason. It was when t…

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah This was the beginning of the prophecy of Jeremiah, so that he pr…

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, he describes the time of the prophecy, because he prophesied in succession under the three kings mentioned in 2 Kings 20.