1 2 11/25/01 2) He is the son of Hilkiah who was of the priests who in Anathoth in the land of Jeremiah 1-2 Benjamin. a) Anothoth was a priestly city, the one The life of Jeremiah is marked by danger and that King Solomon vanished Abiathar sufferings as well as a deep walk with God that to for his betrayal to David. 1Kings enabled him to preach with a broken heart to the 2:26-27 people of his nation. b. This was in fulfillment of God prophecy to Eli’s judgment on his The book opens up with the call of Jeremiah to house. observe the death of a nation but to proclaim c. The city as three miles north east of individual hope. Jerusalem the modern day Ras el- Kharubbeh, two miles northeast of I fear lest this is the very thing that we have been Jerusalem. Josh. 21:17-18 called to observe in our own nation as we witness 3) The city was in the area of the tribe of her ongoing evil and lack of godly repentance, Benjamin. while putting on a religious front. 1:2-3 The time God’s word came to 1:1-19 God’s call and commission of Jeremiah. Jeremiah. 1) The word of the LORD first came to Jeremiah in the days of Josiah the son of 1:1-3 The introductory title and it’s Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth historical time to the book of Jeremiah. year of his reign in 626 B.C. a) Five years before the reform of Josiah 1:1 The man Jeremiah. when the father of Jeremiah found the 1) The book contains the words of book of the law. 2Kings 22-23 Jeremiah. b) The date is confirmed once again by * Jeremiah means “whom Jehovah has Jeremiah as he spoke to the people of appointed”. Judah reminding them that for twenty- third year the word of the Lord had 3 4 come to him but they had not listened. 3) Ezekiel was called to eat the scroll and Jer. 25:3 partaking of it he would prophesy for 2) The word of the Lord continued to come God. to Jeremiah in the days of Jehoiakim the * The first person indicates an son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end autobiographical narrative. of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the 1:5 The revelation of God to Jeremiah carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the was the Foreknowledge of God. Vs. 5 fifth month. 1) God told Jeremiah that before He formed * Forty years of prophetic ministry to him in his mother’s womb God knew Judah until her captivity! him. Vs. 5a a) Josiah. 639-609 B.C. * As the potter. Jer. 18 b) Jehoahaz. 609 B.C (three months) 2) God told Jeremiah that before he was c) Jehoiakim. 609-597 B.C. born Yahweh had sanctified or d) Jehoiachin. 597 B.C. (Three months) consecrated him for his purposes. Vs. 5b e) Zedikiah. 597-586 B.C. 3) God told Jeremiah that He had ordained him a prophet to the nations. Vs. 5c 1:4-10 The call of Jeremiah. * God’s sovereignty is perfect and never violate human will! 1:4 The call of Jeremiah came by the word of the Lord not be a vision like other 1:6 The response of Jeremiah to his call. prophets. 1) He declares the overwhelmingness of the 1) Isaiah had a vision in the temple and say call, “Ah, Lord God!” God high and lifted up and a Saraphim 2) He declares his lack of qualification, touched his mouth to cleanse him of his “Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a sin and Yahweh sent him as His prophet. youth”. 2) Amos the prophet was a sheep hearder a) Jeremiah felt inadequate fir he was and fruit picker and he was sent to the most likely about 17-20 years of age Northern Kingdom. when God called him. b) Jeremiah was probably about 17-20 years of age when the Lord called 5 6 him, he was probably born around b) “I send you, “I command you”, I am 646 B.C. with you”, to deliver or rescue c) About the same time of Josiah’s birth, Jeremiah. for he began his reign at eight years old and being the thirteenth would 1:9-10 The commission of Jeremiah is make him twenty-one years old. declared. Vs. 9-10 2Kings 22:1 1) The content of Jeremiah’s message was God’s word. Vs. 9 1:7 The call of Jeremiah was confirmed a) The Lord put His hand on Jeremiah’s by God. mouth. Vs. 9a 1) Jeremiah is told not to say he was a * He would be the instrument of God youth. for the people of God. a) Moses said, “I am not eloquent of b) The Lord said to him, “Behold, I have speech”. put My words in your mouth. Vs. 9b b) Isaiah said, “I am a man of unclean * He would be delivering the message lips” as he was in the temple possibly. from heaven, not his own. c) Amos was a sheep herder and fruit 2) The commission of Jeremiah was an picker. Amos 7:14-15 international one. d) God enables all He sends! a) God was setting him over the nations 2) Jeremiah is told that he would go to and kingdoms. Vs. 10a-b whom God sent him to. Vs. 7c * Much like Isaiah, Amos and 3) Jeremiah is told that he would speak to Ezekiel, both God’s people and the whoever God commanded. Vs. 7d Gentiles. 4) Jeremiah was not to be afraid of the b) God described the commission as people’s faces, for God would deliver destructive and constructive by a him. Vs. 8 three-fold declaration , the emphasis a) The authority of Jeremiah’s call was being on the destruction first followed God’s, three time the personal by restoration. pronoun refers to God. Vs. 7-8 (1) To root out and pull down. Vs. 10c 7 8 (2) To destroy and to throw down. Vs. 1:13-16 The word of the Lord came to 10d Jeremiah a second time. (3) To build and to plant. Vs. 10e 1) The Lord asked Jeremiah what he saw again? Vs. 13a-c 1:11-16 The visions of Jeremiah. 2) Jeremiah responded that he saw a boiling pot that was facing away from the north. 1:11-12 The first time the word of the Lord Vs. 13d-f came to Jeremiah. 3) God again interprets the vision for 1) The Lord asked Jeremiah what he saw? Jeremiah. Vs. 14-16 Vs. 11a-c a) The Lord tells Jeremiah that the 2) Jeremiah responded that he saw a branch calamity or judgment would come of an almond tree. Vs. 11d-e from the north and it would be on all a) The almond tree the first to blossom the inhabitance of the land. Vs. 14 when all the others are still dormant c) God was the one calling all the and was called an “awake tree”. families of the kingdoms of the north. a) The word Almond “saqed” means Vs. 15a-c awake and is a play on words with the * The enemy would be Babylon who next verse the phrase “I am” is would attack Judah via Syria. “soqued” to watch over His word. d) They shall set their thrones at the 3) God interprets the vision for Jeremiah, He entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. was awake watching ready to perform or Vs. 15d-e awaken His word of judgment by His * Fulfilled completely. Jer. 39:3 prophets prior to Jeremiah. Vs. 12 e) They will do so against all the walls a) God was beginning to prepare and and cities of Judah. Vs. 15f-g train the ear and eye of Jeremiah to * Conquering their defenses and His voice. ruling over their authority. b) There were many who did not think f) The reasons for the judgments are God was going to judge them, given. Vs. 16 especially as the years of Jeremiah’s 1)) The Lord would utter His ministry went on. Jer. 17:15 judgment because of all their wickedness. Vs. 16a 9 10 2)) Because they had forsaken Him. * God revealed to Jeremiah from the Vs. 16b onset of his commission that it was 3)) Because they had burned incense be a difficult one. to other gods. Vs. 16c d)) Because they had worshipped the 1:18 God tells Jeremiah what He had made work of their own hands. Vs. 16d him. 1) God told Jeremiah He had made him a 1:17-19 The sending of Jeremiah. representative of His judgment that very day. 1:17 God tells Jeremiah what he was to do. 2) Three metaphors are given of his ministry 1) Jeremiah was to prepare himself arise and were a source of encouragement. speak to all the people that He a) A fortified city. commanded him. Vs. 17a-b b) An iron pillar. a) This was the conclusion of all that a) A bronze wall against the whole land. precedes by the word “therefore” 1) Four classes of people are the target of b) His preparation was in view of what the judgment in their degree of God had revealed to him and enabled responsibility. him. a) Against the kings of Judah.