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Jeremiah 1. 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who werein Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh ...
Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest. 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who werein Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the ...
This short article will discuss Jeremiah, who wrote from 627 to 585 B.C. The writings of Isaiah (740 to 686 B.C.) and Ezekiel (597 to 570 B.C.) are covered in separate articles linked above. Jeremiah was called, early in life, to serve during King Josiah of Judah's 13th reigning year in 627 B.C. At the time of his calling he was young (possibly ...
Jeremiah was born in the year 650 B.C. at Anathoth, a small town situated three miles north of Jerusalem, in the territory of Benjamin. He belonged to a priestly family, probably the same one as cared for the Ark of the Covenant after the return from Egypt, and the one to which the high priest Eli had belonged, but which had retreated to ...
New International Version. The Call of Jeremiah. 4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[ a] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”. 6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”. 7 But the Lord said to me ...
The Call of Jeremiah. 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, 3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the ...
Jeremiah was called to be a prophet c. 627 B.C., when he was young ( 1:6 ). He served for more than 40 years ( 1:2–3 ). Jeremiah had a difficult life. His messages of repentance delivered at the temple were not well received ( 7:1–8:3; 26:1–11 ). His hometown plotted against him ( 11:18–23 ), and he endured much persecution ( 20:1–6 ...
