Jeremiah 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. ”

Jeremiah 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hasten - Rather, I watch over “my word to perform it.”
Jeremiah 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Visions of Judgment. These form a separate experience, and imply some change of standpoint, since it is now the judgment of Judah through the instrumentality of the nations which is present...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I will hasten... it . I am watching. Forming the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), "an almond tree ( shaked) ... I am watching ( shoked) ", thus emphasizing the certainty.
Jeremiah 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God then caused his servant to see the staff of a watcher. For what purpose? The answer is given: Thou hast rightly seen the staff of a watcher, because I watch over my word to execute (or,...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. I will hasten my word - Here is a paronomasia. What dost thou see? I see שקד shaked, "an almond," the hasteni...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I said, I see, &c.— The almond-tree, שׁקד shaked, is so called, because this tree, before all others, first waketh, and riseth from its winter-repose. See Numbers 17:8 . It flowers i...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. Hasten - rather, 'I will be wakeful х shoqeed ( H8245 )] as to my word,' etc.; alluding to Jerem...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Jeremiah 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will hasten. — The Hebrew, by using a participle formed from the same root ( shôkêd ) , presents a play upon the name of the “almond,” as the watcher, which it is impossible to reproduce; li...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE CALL AND CONSECRATION IN the foregoing pages we have considered the principal events in the life of the prophet Jeremiah, by way of introduction to the more detailed study of his wr...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Courage Promised to a Fearful Messenger Jeremiah 1:1-19 God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one aim should be to discover and work out His plan. See Psalms 139:16 ; Galatians 1:...
Jeremiah 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first three verses constitute a title page naming the author and giving the dates of the period during which he exercised his ministry. The Book opens with the account of Jeremiah's call, and at...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord was pleased, we find, both by word and by vision, to confirm the Prophet in his new appointment. And the Lord which raised up to the Prophet's mind these images, took care to instruct his mi...
Jeremiah 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said the Lord unto me, thou hast well seen ,.... The thing seen is a very proper emblem of what I am about to do, and the quick dispatch that will be made therein: for l will hasten my word t...
Jeremiah 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. Ver. 12. Thou hast well seen. ] Heb., Thou hast done well to see, i.e., so to see. For I will hasten...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me Probably at the same time, and in the same vision, wherein he was first appointed to his office; saying, What seest thou Here, by symbolical representat...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charge Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 629. 11 Moreover the word of the L ORD came unto me,...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou hast well seen; or, Thou hast seen and judged right; or, as the Hebrew, Thou hast done well to see, i.e. in seeing so. I will hasten; word for word, I will almond-tree it, i.e. I will be...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sign Of The Branch Of The Almond Tree ( Jeremiah 1:11-12 ). The first sign was that of the branch of an almond tree, which was an indication and assurance that YHWH would be watching over His...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Jeremiah 1:1-3 , penned cir. B.C. 578; Jeremiah 1:4 , sq. B.C. 629. But the recently discovered Assyrian chronology would make the date of the...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:1-13 I. ( Jeremiah 1:4 ). The two great blessings of election and mediation are here distinctly taught. God did not speak to the nations directly, but mediationally. He created a mini...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:1-3 . The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:5 . Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. In the creation God knew the nature and designations of every creature, whether of plants, or of living beings. He assigned laws and a...
Jeremiah 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

I see a rod of an almond tree. Tree emblems The Hebrew word for almond signifies the “waker,” in allusion to its being the first tree to wake to life in the winter. The word also contains the s...
Jeremiah 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE , FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE MATTERS WHICH HE...
Jeremiah 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call and Commission of the Prophet
Jeremiah 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:2 ; Deuteronomy 18:17 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Deuteronomy 5:28 ; Ezekiel 12:22 ; Ezekiel 12:23 ; Ezekiel 12:25 ; Ezekiel 12:28 ; Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 ; Luke 10:28 ; Lu...
Jeremiah 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Well seen — Or thou hast seen and judged right. Hasten — Word for word, I will almond — tree it, that is, I will be upon them speedily, in a short time. My word — My threatening against Judah and i...

Jeremiah 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes