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Jeremiah 1 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

19
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
15
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 1 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 7 word, matter
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 6 see
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 5 Jehudah
יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh H2977 3 Joshijah
צָפוֹן tsâphôwn H6828 3 hidden, dark
דָבַר dâbar H1696 4 arrange, speak
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 3 oracle

How preachers through history handled this text

15 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 12 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“19. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. 19. Pugnabunt autem tecum (vel, praeliabuntur contra to,) sed non praevalebunt tibi, quia tecum ego (quia sum tecum,) dicit Jehova, ad to liberandum. God in this verse briefly reminds his servant, that though he would be supplied with invincible power, yet he would have great trials, so that his office would not be, according to a common saying, a mere play. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 1:19–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Anathoth — Jer 1:1
  • Jerusalem — Jer 1:15

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