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Known and Chosen by God
Commentators emphasize that God's knowledge of Jeremiah was not just foreseeing his existence but a deliberate, loving choice for a specific purpose. This call, established before conception, shows that God's plans are sovereign and personal, assuring believers that their lives are also known and purposed by Him.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 1:5
18th Century
Theologian
Rather, “Before I formed thee in the belly.” I approved of you (as one fit for the prophetic office), and “before thou camest forth fr…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 1:5
19th Century
Bishop
I knew thee. — With the force that the word often has in Hebrew, as implying not foreknowledge only, but choice and appro…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 1:4–6
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 1:4–5
16th Century
Theologian
Here Jeremiah explains more fully what he had already mentioned: that he had been called from above, for otherwise he would have presumptuously obt…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 1:5
17th Century
Pastor
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you Not merely by his omniscience, so he knows all men before their conception an…
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…