Passage Research
Jeremiah 45 — Sermon Preparation
Baruch's personal distress is addressed: he should not seek great things for himself, for the Lord will give him his life as a prize amid the disaster. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 45, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Jeremiah 45 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּרוּךְ | Bârûwk | H1263 | 2 | Baruk |
| יִרְמְיָה | Yirmᵉyâh | H3414 | 2 | Jirmejah |
| בָּקַשׁ | bâqash | H1245 | 2 | search, strive after |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 2 | word, matter |
| נֵרִיָּה | Nêrîyâh | H5374 | 1 | Nerijah |
| אֲנָחָה | ʼănâchâh | H585 | 1 | sighing |
| יָגוֹן | yâgôwn | H3015 | 1 | affliction |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 45, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The prophecy we have in this chapter concerns Baruch only, yet is intended for the support and encouragement of all the Lord's people that serve him faithfully and keep closely to him in difficult trying times. It is placed here after the story of the destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersion of the Jews, but was delivered long before, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, as was the prophecy in the next chapter, and probably those that follow. We here find, I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 45:1–30 (Public Domain)
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