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Biblical CommentaryText and Commentary on Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:1â3
THE WORDS OF Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, 3and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
Original Meaning
LIKE MOST PROPHETIC books, Jeremiah begins with a superscription (i.e., a heading) indicating the time of the prophetâs ministry. Dates in Judah were reckoned in accordance with the reign of a monarch, a common procedure in the ancient world.1 As noted in the introduction, the forty plus years given for Jeremiahâs ministry (ca. 627â584 B.C.) cover some of the most tumultuous and tragic events of the nationâs history. Included among them were rebellions against foreign control, the death of Judean kings at the hands of foreign powers, the demise and virtual destruction of the nation itself, and the forced descent of the prophet into Egypt in the aftermath of the destruction.
Jeremiah was from a priestly family of Anathoth, a village about three miles north of Jerusalem, the capital city of Judah. Anathoth was part of the Benjamite inheritance and assigned as a Levitical city (Josh. 21:18).2 It was also the home of the priest Abiathar, who centuries earlier had served David faithfully but who had backed Adonijah, Solomonâs brother and rival for the throne, at Davidâs death. Anathoth became the home in exile of Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26), and thus Jeremiahâs hometown likely had deep roots in the priestly and Levitical traditions of the nation, providing the future prophet with an education suited to his task.
King Josiah attempted to free Judah from the control of Assyria and to set Judah on the road to spiritual reform. His thirteenth year coincides with the demise of Assyriaâs last strong king Assurbanipal and probably also includes his initial steps to alter Judahâs politically subservient and religiously degenerate path. The eleventh year of Zedekiah is among the most somber in all of biblical history. Jerusalem was captured and destroyed by the Babylonians, Zedekiah himself was seized and blinded, and many Judeans were taken into exile by their captors (Jer. 52; cf. 2 Kings 25).
Bridging Contexts
JEREMIAHâS MINISTRY IS embedded in the convulsive events leading to Judahâs tragic demise. This is typical of the timely nature of biblical prophets and the books that record their work. The heading to the book also bears a significant cultural marker: Time itself is reckoned according to the regnal years of a Davidic monarch. Eventually much of the world will adopt a chronological scheme that is dated to the birth of a descendant from Davidâs line, that is, Jesus of Nazareth. These Davidic kings in Jeremiah 1:1â3, therefore, are in a chosen line of great significance; nevertheless, each of them failed in varying degrees to lead Godâs people from the paths of syncretism and idolatry.
The search for the original meaning of biblical prophecy is based on the conviction that the words and deeds of a prophet first address the pressing issues of a prophetâs own day. Indeed, Jeremiahâs life story is a reflection of the pain of Judahâs failure, and his own suffering mirrors that of the people. But the very fact that a book of Jeremiah is still being read after 2,500 years is evidence that it was intended to instruct later readers through its portrayal of past events and its predictions of Godâs transforming moments to come. By Godâs grace and in light of subsequent biblical revelation, readers are also invited to find new light coming forth from the same words of the prophetic book, reflecting the transcendent quality of Godâs Word and his intention to instruct all generations of his people in the twin contexts of their common humanity and their inheritance among the saints.
Scripture provides additional contexts in which to place the words of Jeremiah. In the Old Testament the prophetic books of Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Nahum, and Ezekiel address audiences whose life spans overlap with those first addressed by Jeremiah. Previous prophetic models in Scripture include the accounts of Elijah and the prophecies of Amos, Isaiah, Micah (cf. Jer. 26), and Hosea. The covenant and Torah about which the prophet will speak are subjects well known to his audience. Whether they grasped the significance of either is debatable. Jeremiah certainly regards their adherence to them as inadequate!
The prophecy of Jeremiah not only interprets the significance of historical events; it offers specific judgments on corporate failure and includes promises that God would see the people through their self-generated demise in order to heal the consequences of their failures. This pattern of historical judgment and redemption in Jeremiah is intended as more than a historical report about the past; it is also typological and analogical instruction for later generations, who are to see themselves corporately addressed as Godâs people of their day.
Contemporary Significance
ACCORDING TO APOSTOLIC preaching, God âhas not left himself without testimonyâ (Acts 14:17). The manner of Godâs self-revelation varies according to divine discretion. Jeremiahâs historical rootedness is testimony to one facet of Godâs revelation, a timely witness intended not only for the generation to which it was first delivered but for subsequent generations as well. Jeremiah the prophet and the book called by his name are chosen vessels, brought forth in specific contexts, to communicate Godâs timely truth.
The prophetic superscription reflects a form of incarnational theology. Just as Godâs supreme revelation was his Word become flesh in Jesus Christ, so Godâs Word took historical form in the life of Jeremiah and acquired written form in a book. It is by consideration of Godâs revelation through the prophet Jeremiah and in his book that subsequent generations of Godâs people continue to find divine instruction.
For the people of God, the timely nature of Jeremiahâs ministry takes on the primary character of corporate address, inviting the church to consider Godâs judging and redeeming activity within the historical process. For individual reflection, Jeremiahâs words provide testimony that God uses both people and events to further his purposes and to instruct the faithful.
Jeremiah 1:4â19
THE WORD OF THE LORD came to me, saying,
5âBefore I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.â
6âAh, Sovereign LORD,â I said, âI do not know how to speak; I am only a child.â
7But the LORD said to me, âDo not say, âI am only a child.â You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,â declares the LORD.
9Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, âNow, I have put my words in your mouth. 10See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.â
11The word of the LORD came to me: âWhat do you see, Jeremiah?â
âI see the branch of an almond tree,â I replied.
12The LORD said to me, âYou have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.â
13The word of the LORD came to me again: âWhat do you see?â
âI see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north,â I answered.
14The LORD said to me, âFrom the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,â declares the LORD.
âTheir kings will come and set up their thrones
in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;
they will come against all her surrounding walls
and against all the towns of Judah.
16I will pronounce my judgments on my people
because of their wickedness in forsaking me,
in burning incense to other gods
and in worshiping what their hands have made.
17âGet yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole landâagainst the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,â declares the LORD.
Original Meaning
THE REST OF chapter 1 contains an account of Jeremiahâs call and appointment to prophesy (1:4â10), followed by two divine oracles (1:11â12 and 1:13â19) assuring the prophet that God is with him as he delivers a judgmental word to Judah.
Jeremiahâs call is cast in poetic form. Verse 5 has paired phrases indicating that Godâs decision to use Jeremiah came prior to his birth. The phrase translated in the NIV as âset apartâ is a rendering of the Hebrew verb qdĆĄ, whose basic meaning is to be holy. Holiness can be a property, like clean or unclean, and it can be related to ethical activity and spiritual dedication; but the term assumes that what God designates as holy is reserved for (i.e., set apart for) a particular task. Otherwise said, Godâs choice of Jeremiah, his designation of him as prophet, is the reason he is sanctified. It is not the other way around, as if Jeremiahâs moral and spiritual attributes are the impetus for Godâs selection of him as...