Jeremiah 1:6

1 Kings 3:7-9; Exodus 4:1; Exodus 4:10-16; Exodus 6:12; Exodus 6:30; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 4:10

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no resistance on Jeremiah’s part, but he shrinks back alarmed. I cannot speak - i. e., “I cannot prophesy,” I have not those powers of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said I, (i) Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child. (i) Considering the great judgments of God which according to his threate...
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 Ez...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. I cannot speak, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( E...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

After having spoken of his call, the Prophet adds, that he at first refused his office, and he states this for two reasons; first, that he migh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. I cannot speak - Being very young, and wholly inexperienced, I am utterly inca...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Child - the same word is translated "young man," 2 Samuel 18:5 . From t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Jeremiah (13th year of Josiah). First Prophecy 1-3. See Introduction.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A child ] not probably in years, but in fitness. 'Who is sufficient for these things?'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ah, Lord God! — Better, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! as answering to the Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. I cannot speak. — In the same sense as the “I am not...
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...
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 wor...
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...
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 we...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! .... The word אהה, "Ah", or "Ahah", is used in distress and grief, as Kimchi observes; and is expressive of mourning and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child. Ver. 6. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! ] Verbum angustiae. The old Latin hath...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said I, Ah, Lord God , &c. He modestly excuses himself from a consideration of the weight of the work, and the tenderness of his age, as in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah's Call to the Prophetic Office. B. C. 629....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ah! an introductory interjection, making way for his excuse in a way of grief and complaint, endeavouring with all reverence to clear himself of un...
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 no...
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 discover...
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 nati...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 1:6-9 It is not improbable that Jeremiah was almost a child when he spoke these words. Considering the time to which he lived, he must ha...
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 LO...
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 p...
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 sanctif...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE , FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESS...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call and Commission of the Prophet
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said I, with some realization of the difficulty and danger of the divine commission. Ah! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child, a...
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...

⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jeremiah 1:6