Jeremiah 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. ”

Jeremiah 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah suggested two difficulties, the first inexperience, the second timidity. God now removes the first of these. Inexperience is no obstacle where the duty is simple obedience His timidity is...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet's Call. The account of this should be compared with similar accounts of the calls of other prophets (see Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1:1 to Ezekiel 3:3 ; Amos 7:12 ff.) and the characteristi...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

whatsoever. command, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 22:20 ). App-92.
Jeremiah 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now follows the answer given to him, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go, etc. God not only predicts here what the Prophet was to do, but declares also what he designed him to do, and wh...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Whatsoever I command thee - It is my words and mes...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. To all that - to all to whom (Rosenmuller)....
Jeremiah 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Jeremiah 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord said unto me. — The misgiving, which was not reluctance, is met by words of encouragement. God gave the work; He would also give the power.
Jeremiah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not fail to remark, how humbling grace is in the soul. Before the Prophet was conscious of the work wrought in him, the blessed effects were made to appear, in a lowliness suited to the me...
Jeremiah 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child ,.... This excuse will not be admitted: for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee ; either to "every place", as the Targum paraphrases; or "t...
Jeremiah 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Ver. 7. Say not, I am a child. ] Plead no excus...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But the Lord said unto me , &c. God refuses to accept of his excuse, and renews his commission to him to execute the prophetic office. Thus God refused to accept the excuse of Moses, made on a l...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's Call to the Prophetic Office. B. C. 629. 4 Then the word of the L ORD came...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Say not, I am a child; do not plead excuses. Thou shalt go: this is God's answer to Jeremiah, in respect of his sense of his own inability. This may be by way of command, and then it is a check t...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Initial Call ( Jeremiah 1:4-10 ). YHWH's initial call assures Jeremiah that he had been chosen even before he was born, that he need not be afraid that he was still young and immature (...
Jeremiah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. Seven points in Jeremiah’s life and call:-- 1. God knowing him. “I knew thee.” 2. God sanctifying him. “I sanctified thee.” 3. God ordaining...
Jeremiah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call and Commission of the Prophet
Jeremiah 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:14 ; 2 Chronicles 18:13 ; Acts 20:27 ; Exodus 7:1 ; Exodus 7:2 ; Ezekiel 2:3-5 ; Ezekiel 3:17-21 ; Ezekiel 3:27 ; Jeremiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 1:18 ; Mark 16:15 ; Mark 16:16 ; Mat...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jeremiah, the Wailing Prophet Jeremiah 1:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The ten tribes of Israel had passed into captivity before God called Jeremiah. Judah was following hard in the path of her sist...
Jeremiah 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou shalt speak — Fear not, I will make thee eloquent and courageous.

Jeremiah 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 1:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes