This history of Jeremiah’s call to his office formed a part of his first address to the people. He claimed to act by an external authority, and to …

The word of the Lord came unto me. —The words imply obviously a revelation, the introduction of a new element into human …

He was only young, and when young men are called to be ambassadors for God, they ought to feel the weight of the responsibility that rests upon the…

Here Jeremiah explains more fully what he had already mentioned: that he had been called from above, for otherwise he would have presumptuously obt…

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying. Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Jo…

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 …