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God's Strategic Timing
Commentators highlight the significant timing of Jeremiah's call. It came in the thirteenth year of King Josiah's reign, a righteous king who was also young. Scholars suggest God strategically paired a young prophet with a young king to bring about reform during a time of deep national corruption, showing how God places His servants for specific moments in history.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 1:2
18th Century
Theologian
Came - literally, was (); the phrase implies that Jeremiah possessed God’s word from that time onward, not intermittently as coming and goin…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 1:2
19th Century
Bishop
In the thirteenth year of his reign. —If we take the data of 2 Kings 22:0, Josiah was at that time in his twe…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 1:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 1:1–3
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 1:2
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 1:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…