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Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
I knew thee. — With the force that the word often has in Hebrew, as implying not foreknowledge only, but choice and appro…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
Here Jeremiah explains more fully what he had already mentioned: that he had been called from above, for otherwise he would have presumptuously obt…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you Not merely by his omniscience, so he knows all men before their conception an…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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 …
