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Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book, one of the Nevi'im or Books of the Prophets, contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. This chapter serves as an introduction to the Book of Jeremiah and relates Jeremiah's calling as a prophet ...
The prophet Jeremiah lamenting the fall of Jerusalem, engraving by Gustave Doré, 1866. A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in verse, in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society's imminent downfall.
Jeremiah was guided by God to proclaim that the nation of Judah would suffer famine, foreign conquest, plunder, and captivity in a land of strangers. [19] Horace Vernet, Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem (1844) According to Jeremiah 1:2–3, Yahweh called Jeremiah to prophesy in about 626 BC, [14] about five years before Josiah's famous ...
Jeremiah 16:1–9: The shunning of the expected customs of marriage, mourning, and general celebration. [37] Jeremiah 19:1–13: the acquisition of a clay jug and the breaking of the jug in front of the religious leaders of Jerusalem. [38] Jeremiah 27 –28: The wearing of an oxen yoke and its subsequent breaking by a false prophet, Hananiah.
The Word Biblical Commentary (WBC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both Old and New Testament.It is currently published by the Zondervan Publishing Company.
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Jeremiah 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 2 to 6 contain the earliest preaching of Jeremiah on the apostasy of Israel. [1]
Cross references: Jeremiah 7:31, 19:6 "The valley of the Son of Hinnom ": from Hebrew : גיא בן הנם , gê ḇen - hin-nōm , [ 15 ] located very near to Jerusalem, of which a certain Hinnom was owner in Joshua's time ( Joshua 15:8 ; 18:16 ), later is known as "Ge-hinnom" ("the valley of Hinnom"), that became the Greek word Gehenna , used ...