Jeremiah 1:1-19, The words of Jeremiah the Son of Hilkiah, of the Priests that were in Anathoth in the Land of Benjamin:To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the Son of Amon King of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the Son of Josiah King of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem Captive in the fifth Month. and the word of the Lord came to me Saying Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and and before thou camest forth out of the womb I Sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God I cannot Speak: for I am a Child. But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a Child: For thou shall go to all that I have send thee. and whatsoever I Commanded thee thou shall speak. Be not afraid of there faces: For I am with thee, saith the Lord.Then the Lord put forth His hand, and touch my mouth and the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah Called By God to be a prophet; His example Inspires Christians to persevere in proclaiming the Gospel. even when it is not popular. He was also called the weeping prophet; He saw the immorality, He saw the priest who should have known better walking contrary, and been un faithful to the Lord. So he weep. And in the end the wall fell, just like he said.He was called to be a prophet during the rain of the last five Kings; Joisah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakin, Jehoicin, and Zedekiah, and other prophets like Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, during which Judah drifted from God and other foreign powers control their Land.
God said to Jeremiah in verse 10, See I have this day set thee over the Nations, Over the Kingdoms, to root out, and pull down and to destroy and to throw down to build, to plant V14, Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the Land. For low I will call all the families of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jeremiah, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.God give Jeremiah a work to do; and would not except excuses:
In verse 17 God said to Jeremiah; Gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I Command thee: Be not dismay at there faces, lest I confound thee before them.[Jeremiah was God warrior, who was also to be a watchman and a witness for God. Against King, against princes, against priest, against the People of the Land. They shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail. for I am with thee. saith the Lord, to deliver thee: Jeremiah’s Confidence in God was very important,[ As said in Hebrews 13:6, The Lords People Should Boldly Say,The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear, what Man Shall do unto Me.
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