Jeremiah 1

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Jeremiah 1 is the call of a reluctant prophet. God tells a young priest from Anathoth that he was known and set apart before he was formed in the womb, and appointed as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah protests that he is only a child and cannot speak; God touches his mouth, puts his words in it, and gives him a commission in six verbs, four of them destructive and two constructive. Two visions follow, an almond branch and a boiling pot tilting from the north, and the chapter ends with God making Jeremiah a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against a whole nation that will fight him and not win.

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Jeremiah 1 tells how a young man from a priestly village became the prophet who would watch his nation die. The call comes without warning: before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah's answer is the answer of nearly everyone God calls in the Bible: I do not know how to speak; I am only a child. God does not argue about his age. He tells him where to go and what to say, promises to be with him, and touches his mouth. The commission that follows is unsettling. Jeremiah is appointed over nations and kingdoms to uproot, tear down, destroy, and overthrow, and only then to build and plant. Most of his book will be the first four verbs. Two visions confirm the call. An almond branch, the first tree to wake in spring, becomes a pun on God watching over his word to do it. A boiling pot tilting from the north becomes Babylon, the disaster that will pour over Judah for its idolatry. Then God tells Jeremiah to get ready and not to be intimidated, and gives him the only protection a prophet gets: I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, bronze walls. Kings, officials, priests, and people will fight you. They will not win. I am with you. That promise had to last forty years, and it did.

핵심 본문

Jeremiah 1:4-10 Jeremiah 1:11-16 Jeremiah 1:17-19 Exodus 4:10-12 Isaiah 6:5-8

Historical and literary context

The chapter dates Jeremiah's call to the thirteenth year of King Josiah, about 627 BC, and spans his ministry to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC under Zedekiah, roughly forty years. Anathoth was a priestly village a few miles from Jerusalem, and Jeremiah belonged to a priestly family, though he would spend his life at odds with the temple establishment. The "disaster from the north" is Babylon, which would rise after Assyria's collapse and destroy Judah within Jeremiah's lifetime. The almond vision turns on a Hebrew pun: the word for almond sounds like the word for watching.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 3 give the superscription, the prophet's origin and the kings under whom he served. Verses 4 to 10 are the call: God's prior knowledge and consecration, Jeremiah's objection, God's answer and touch, the words placed in his mouth, and the commission to uproot, tear down, destroy, overthrow, build, and plant. Verses 11 to 16 are the two visions with their interpretations: the almond branch for God watching over his word, the boiling pot for disaster from the north as judgment for idolatry. Verses 17 to 19 are the charge: get ready, do not be intimidated, you are a fortified city, they will fight you and not overcome you, for I am with you.

Why this chapter matters

Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you," is among the most quoted verses in the Bible, cited on vocation, on the value of unborn life, and on the priority of God's knowledge of a person over that person's self-knowledge. The call pattern, divine initiative, human objection, divine reassurance, sign, stands with the calls of Moses, Isaiah, and Gideon. The six-verb commission shows that prophetic work is more demolition than construction, which explains the shape of the book that follows. And the chapter's closing promise, "they will fight against you but will never overcome you," was tested through forty years of rejection, imprisonment, and exile.

Interpretive tension to watch

God knew and appointed Jeremiah before birth, and Jeremiah still objects. Does foreknowledge cancel freedom, or does the dialogue itself show that God's appointment engages a real person who must consent and be equipped? The chapter presents both without embarrassment. And the promise of protection did not spare Jeremiah suffering; it promised that his opponents would not prevail, which is a narrower and more durable promise than safety.

이 장을 위한 질문

Jeremiah's first words to God are an objection. What does it say about God that the call includes room for it?
Four of the six verbs in Jeremiah's commission are about tearing down. Why might God's word need to demolish before it builds?
God promises that Jeremiah's enemies will not overcome him, not that they will not attack. How does that promise hold up against the rest of Jeremiah's life?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 Slova Jeremiáše syna Helkiášova, z kněží, kteříž byli v Anatot, v zemi Beniamin, 2 K němuž se stalo slovo Hospodinovo za dnů Joziáše syna Amonova, krále Judského, třináctého léta kralování jeho. 3 Byl i za dnů Joakima syna Joziášova, krále Judského, až do vyplnění jedenáctého léta Sedechiáše syna Joziášova, krále Judského, až do zajetí Jeruzaléma měsíce pátého. 4 Stalo se, pravím, slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí: 5 Dříve než jsem tě sformoval v životě, znal jsem tebe, a dříve nežlis vyšel z života, posvětil jsem tě, za proroka národům dal jsem tebe. 6 I řekl jsem: Ach, Panovníče Hospodine, aj, neumím mluviti, nebo dítě jsem. 7 Ale Hospodin řekl mi: Neříkej, dítě jsem, nýbrž k čemuž tě koli pošli, jdi, a vše, cožť přikáži, mluv. 8 Neboj se jich, neboť jsem s tebou, abych tě vysvobozoval, dí Hospodin. 9 A vztáhna ruku svou Hospodin, dotekl se úst mých, a řekl mi Hospodin: Aj, vložil jsem slova svá v ústa tvá. 10 Hle, ustanovuji tě dnešního dne nad národy a nad královstvími, abys plénil a kazil, a hubil a bořil, abys stavěl a štěpoval. 11 Potom se stalo slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí: Co vidíš, Jeremiáši? I řekl jsem: Prut mandlový vidím. 12 Tedy řekl mi Hospodin: Dobře vidíš; nebo pospíchám já s slovem svým, abych je vykonal. 13 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně po druhé, řkoucí: Co vidíš? I řekl jsem: Vidím hrnec, an vře, a přední strana jeho k straně půlnoční. 14 Tedy řekl mi Hospodin: Od půlnoci přivalí se to zlé na všecky obyvatele této země. 15 Nebo aj, já svolám všecky rodiny království půlnočních, dí Hospodin, aby přitáhnouce, postavili jeden každý stolici svou v branách Jeruzalémských, a při všech zdech jeho vůkol, a při všech městech Judských. 16 A tak vypovím úsudky své proti nim, pro všelikou nešlechetnost těch, kteříž opustili mne, a kadili bohům cizím, a skláněli se dílu rukou svých. 17 Protož ty přepaš bedra svá, a vstana, mluv k nim, cožkoli já přikazuji tobě. Nelekej se jich, abych tě nepotřel před oblíčejem jejich. 18 Nebo aj, já postavuji tě dnes jako město hrazené, a jako sloup železný, a jako zdi měděné proti vší této zemi, proti králům Judským, proti knížatům jejím, proti kněžím jejím, a lidu země této. 19 Kteříž bojovati budou proti tobě, ale neodolají proti tobě. Nebo já jsem s tebou, praví Hospodin, abych tě vysvobozoval.

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