Jeremiah
Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I
said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil,
that cannot be eaten, they are so evil....
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the
LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it]
also in writing, saying,...
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his
kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,...
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Jeremiah (Hebrew:יִרְמְיָה, Yirmĭyahu, meaning "Yahweh
exalts",[1] in English pronounced /dʒɛrɨˈmaɪ.ə/[2]) was one of
the prophets of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). His writings
are put together in the Book of Jeremiah and traditionally,
authorship of the Book of Lamentations is ascribed to him.[3]
God appointed Jeremiah to confront Judah a...
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jer-e-mi'-a ((a) yirmeyahu, or (b) shorter form, yirmeyah,
both differently explained as "Yah establishes (so
Giesebrecht), whom Yahweh casts," i.e. possibly, as Gesenius
suggests, "appoints" (A. B. Davidson in HDB, II, 569a), and
"Yahweh looseneth" (the womb); see BDB): The form (b) is
used of Jeremiah the prophet only in Jer 27:1;
28:5,6,10...
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-1. Of Libnah, grandfather of Jehoahaz
2Ki 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1
-2. A chief of Manasseh
1Ch 5:24
-3. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag
1Ch 12:4
-4. Two Gadites who joined David at Ziklag
1Ch 12:10,13
-5. The prophet
Jer 1:1
A Rechabite
Jer 35:3
A priest
Jer 1:1
Call of
Jer 1:4-19
Time of his prophecies
Jer 3:6; 21:1; 24:1; ...
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(whom Jehovah has appointed) was "the son of Hilkiah of the
priests that were in Anathoth." Jer 1:1
1. History. --He was called very young (B.C. 626) to
the prophetic office, and prophesied forty-two years; but we
have hardly any mention of him during the eighteen years
between his call and Josiah's death, or during the short
reign of Jehoaha...
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raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined
David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10).
(2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13).
(3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag
(1 Chr.
12:4).
(4.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh on
the east of
Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24).
(5.) The father of Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31), the wif...
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