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4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 1:4

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

  • 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.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-10)

Here is, I. Jeremiah’s early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business ( Jer. 1:4 , 5 ): The word of the Lord came to him , with a satisfying assurance to himself that it was the word of the Lord and not a delusion; and God told him, 1. That he had ordained him a prophet to the nations , or against the nati…

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