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Jeremiah 45 — Sermon Preparation

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.

Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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