(Henry Smith.). Thus we are rising or setting, getting or spending, winning or losing, growing or fading, until we arrive at heaven or hell. Jeremiah 14 – Judgment Upon False Prophets A. Browse Sermons on Jeremiah 1:9-10. So Isaiah‘s lips were touched with a living coal (Isaiah 6:7; compare Ezekiel 2:8, Ezekiel 2:9, Ezekiel 2:10; Daniel 10:16). But when He said, “I and the Father are one,” He referred to a spiritual oneness. Thus honesty is a Word of God, written on all the face of Nature as an attribute. I see Him gathering to Himself outcasts and sinners, and recreating them in a new atmosphere of love. See Jesus giving His rest, and strength, and life, that men may see to what ends God will go to save His children. So “the finger of God” in Luke 11:20 answers to “the Spirit of God” in Matthew 12:28. Jeremiah 9:10 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jeremiah 9:10, NIV: "I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Jeremiah's call to the prophetic office. He dare not expose His servants to the temptation of sacrificing to their own net or trusting their own ability. 1. Eric Ericson, a poor Scotch student, tramping on to Edinburgh, stops footsore and weary at the “Boar’s Head,” the inn kept by Letty Napier. Jeremiah 1:9, ESV: "Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth.And the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth." TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT To get what Jeremiah 1:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context  and relative popularity. This passage ought to be carefully observed; for Jeremiah briefly describes how a true call may be ascertained, when any one undertakes the office of a teacher in the Church: it is ascertained even by this when he brings nothing of his own, according to what Peter says in his first canonical epistle, “Let him who speaks, speak as the oracles of God,” In the days of Josiah . This is the use of “word” in the Bible. . Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. He also means He will help Jeremiah to speak.) , symbolical of supernatural strengthening. How young we do not know; but young enough for him to start back at the Divine proposal with the cry, “Ah! We have the promise of God's purpose. The meaning of Jeremiah's being shut up in the court of the guard so that he cannot go with his message into the house of Jehovah is that a separation in consciousness has been built up between the wisdom and the will; the will has taken possession of the life in the organism, and has excluded the wisdom. By nature he seemed cast in too delicate a mould to be able to combat the dangers and difficulties of his time. Here Jeremiah speaks again of his calling, that his doctrine might not be despised, as though it proceeded from a private individual. All the prophets of Israel saying that God is long-suffering will not move a man to see it so much as one soul here exhibiting the forbearance of God. Jeremiah 1:9 Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. But this symbolical act belongs not to the realm of sense, but to that of spirit. So Isaiah's lips were touched with a living coal (Isaiah 6:7; cf. Jeremiah 1:9-10. The bitter complaint of his afterlife was that his mother had brought him into a world of strife and contention. Chief among things provoking judgment was the intense sin of King Manasseh (695 – 642 B.C. They love the shallows, with their carpet of silver sand, rather than the strong billows that test a man’s endurance. I see Him serving as only love can serve. God has often selected the young for posts of eminent service: Samuel and Timothy; Joseph and David; Daniel and John the Baptist. Then was His true glory revealed, then His nature made manifest. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. When Benjamin beginneth, Rachel endeth. They cannot be revealed in their great, Divine reality except as they are manifest in human life. During his lifetime he saw the Assyrians, once powerful and dreaded enemies of Israel and Judah, crumble and fall. 4. touched my mouth — a symbolical act in supernatural vision, implying that God would give him utterance, notwithstanding his inability to speak (Jeremiah 1:6). and touched my mouth; just as one of the seraphim touched the mouth and lips of the Prophet Isaiah with a live coal from the altar, Isaiah 6:6, by this symbol the prophet was inducted into his office; and it was suggested to him that his mouth was now sanctified to the Lord's use and service; and that what he should speak should not be his own words, but the words of the Lord; and so the Targum paraphrases it, "and the Lord sent the words of his prophecy, and ordered them in my mouth;''. One of the leaders of the restoration Look how Jesus treated sinful women who came to Him, and see how God treats sinners. THE CONTEXT In chapter 26, Jeremiah, at Yahweh's direction, prophesied concerning the disaster that Yahweh intended to bring on Judah. behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.” Without doubt, as a boy he had enjoyed peculiar advantages. Jeremiah 1:9-10 recounts God's commission to Jeremiah, at the time a teenager.. Jeremiah's task was so important that God had prepared him for it from his conception (verse 5). After resting awhile, he starts to go on, although so footsore he can hardly walk. .—The symbolic act seems to imply something like a waking vision, like that of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:6), and the act itself reminds us of the “live coal” laid upon the prophet’s mouth, as there recorded. This is a great message. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah … This title is given only to these invested with high authority (e. g. Genesis 41:34; 2 Chronicles 24:11; Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 29:26).From God‘s side, the prophet is a mere messenger, speaking what he is told, doing what he is commanded. This was a very great favour and a sweet settlement to the hesitating prophet. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. A.). 9.And touched my mouth — A sign and symbol of inspiration, implying that God would reveal his power through Jeremiah’s utterances. But in the parallel passage, Jeremiah 31:28, the lxx have rendered all the four words by the one καθαιρεῖν; and Hitz. Jeremiah 1:6 "Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! He also explained the meaning of His act. But Miss Letty makes him go up to a room and take off his shoes, and let her bathe his feet. . Even prayers by Moses (compare Num. If we did not know this universe was run honestly, we would not dare enter a new day. The foundation Principle of the physical universe is honesty. Yet such, like Jeremiah, may play an heroic part on the world’s stage, if only they will let God lay down the iron of His might along the lines of their natural weakness. But when Eric felt love in this godly woman it set him to thinking about the goodness in God. Read Jeremiah 1:9. The True Meaning of Jeremiah 29:11. Well, now that the Lord has promised vengeance on Jeremiah’s conspirators, Jeremiah responds to the Lord with praise. How does God treat sinful beings? The best lies before us, the golden age is yet to be. Against this power nothing earthly can stand; it is a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces, xxiii29." God knew Jeremiah, chose Jeremiah, and appointed Jeremiah. But that is no wonder. Then the Lord put forth his hand: God having before excited the prophet to his work by command and promise, doth now in a vision establish and confirm him, either by the hand of an angel, Isaiah 6:6,7, or rather, by himself in some visible shape. Then — God having excited the prophet by command and promise, now in a vision confirms him, either by the hand of an angel, or by himself in some visible shape. The prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah were continually giving this Word of God. And he adds. Days and nights all speak of His glory and infinite resource. "The word of God is a power that carries out His will, and accomplishes that whereto He sends it, Isa. When light is in Goshen, darkness is in Egypt. that is, let him not speak doubtingly, as though he introduced his own glosses; but let him boldly, and without hesitation, speak in the name of God. God was a just God. But calling anybody good doesn’t make him good, you know.” Yes, poor Eric was right--calling Him good does not make Him good. But Miss Letty makes him stay three days and rest, while she ministers to him, and then starts him off to Edinburgh, a new man, and a couple of pieces in his pocket. His strength is only made perfect in weakness. 1:5). Fear not, therefore, though thou be, as thou objectest, infantissimus et infirmissimus; but "go in this my might," and preach lustily. [Note: Keil, 1:42.]. This was a powerful way of visualizing that the Lord Himself would participate in all that Jeremiah would undertake (cf. When Mordecai groweth into favour, Haman groweth out of favour. II. And every other nation through its people and prophets has some great Word of God to give to the world. Words are often used in two ways--one specific, definite; the other general, figurative. It is to those who have no might that He increaseth strength. One Word of God that came through Israel was justice. See Jesus weeping over Jerusalem. Nature tells us God is honest, true to Himself, to the laws He has made, to man. also in the days of Jehoiakim. Touched - “Made it touch.” This was the symbol of the bestowal of divine grace and help, by which that want of eloquence, which the prophet had pleaded as a disqualification, was removed. In Jesus see how He is a Father. and continued until he was taken to Egypt in about 587 B.C. JEREMIAH 1:9-10. So, every time you do a deed of love, you are speaking a word of God. Behold, … There is a very striking scene in George Macdonald’s “Robert Falconer” which shows how today a Word of God may come through life. Biblical Commentary Jeremiah 28:5-9 EXEGESIS: JEREMIAH 26-28. set over them. "I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born'" (Jer. “The Word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward.” Ah, how well Israel learned that word in all her devious history! Notice that Jeremiah was to prophesy to nations {plural}, not just to Judah. So, that’s what Jeremiah means when he refers to “the wheels”. Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.] Ezekiel 2:8-10; Daniel 10:16). But it was God’s will, as to Jeremiah, to add also the visible signs of the thing itself, by extending his hand and touching his mouth. I see Him taking little children upon His knee and blessing them. 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. It is therefore sufficient as to the ministers of the word, that their tongues be consecrated to God, so that they may not mix any of their own fictions with his pure doctrine. The verb know has much more meaning than simply being aware of. touched. Jeremiah 10:16). (11-19) Commentary on Jeremiah 1:1-10 (Read Jeremiah 1:1-10) Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. [Note: Charles H. Dyer, in The Old Testament Explorer, p591. OK, so Jeremiah sees the potter working with some clay on his wheel. This does not mean that Jeremiah was a small child, but was an expression used of someone in their teens. To root out and to pull down, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. . to go into the family business. "It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh … Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. They tell us that an attribute of His is glory, majesty, far-reaching grandeur. A model of repentance never fulfilled. "Which I commanded your fathers in the day [that] I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from … He was conscious of his deficiency in speech. Preachers may preach forever that God is love, and it will not have the force of one God-filled deed of love. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and PowerPoints for Preaching on Jeremiah 1:9-10. infers the spuriousness of this word. Another word that came through Israel was that God was a patient, long-suffering God. But it was a special thing as to Jeremiah, that God, by stretching out his hand, touched his mouth; it was, that he might openly shew that his mouth was consecrated to himself. (6-10) Jeremiah’s objection and God’s response to the objection. (k) Which declares that God makes them meet and assures them, whom he calls to set forth his glory, giving them all means necessary for the same, Ex 4:12, Isa 6:7. It hence follows, that none ought to be acknowledged as God’s servants, that no prophets or teachers ought to be counted true and faithful, except those through whom God speaks, who invent nothing themselves, who teach not according to their own fancies, but faithfully deliver what God has committed to them. III. He was young. (F. B. Meyer, B. So it is with all the attributes of God. Let us remember that it was because Jesus was one with the Father that He could be the medium of the Word of God. I see God living as love before me. Touched, Heb. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.” The first series, Jeremiah 19:6-9, is introduced by בּקּותי, which intimates the meaning of the pitcher; and the other, Jeremiah 19:10-13, is bound up with the breaking of the pitcher. Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth — This appeared to the prophet to be done in his vision; whereby he was taught that the divine help should go along with him, that the gift of utterance should be bestowed upon him, and that he should be able to declare the divine commands in a proper spirit and manner: compare Isaiah 6:7; and Isaiah 51:16. Lord God! Then we go on until we come to find that any expression of God is called a Word of God. 16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: 4 “They will die of deadly diseases. The words which a prophet speaks, like those which were to be spoken by the Apostles of Christ (Matthew 10:20), are not his own words, but those put into his heart by the Spirit of the Father. I. See how Jesus’ whole life was a living word speaking the Fatherhood of God. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. For this purpose he says, that God’s words were put in his mouth. This Jeremiah 12 commentary is a continuation of our Jeremiah 11 commentary… Jeremiah 12 Commentary Verse 1. David"s "mouth", but not David"s "words". Isaiah 6:6-7; Ezekiel 3:1-3). So when the fulness of time had come God spoke to men through a human soul. The “hand of the Lord,” as in Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 8:1., and elsewhere, was the received symbol of the special influence of the Spirit of the Lord; and here, as in the case of Isaiah, the act implied the gift of new powers of thought and utterance. His chosen theme would have been God’s mercy--the boundlessness of His compassion, the tenderness of His pity. The one thing that God demands of thee is absolute consecration to His purpose, and willingness to go on any errand on which He may send thee. Notwithstanding all, the Word of the Lord shall come to thee; not for thy sake alone, but for those to whom thou shalt be sent. As to the thing itself, a rule is prescribed to all God’s servants, that they bring not their own inventions, but simply deliver, as from hand to hand, what they have received from God. If we opened Jeremiah's mouth would we find a bunch of words crammed in it? JEREMIAH FORETELLS THAT YOKES OF IRON ARE TO SUCCEED THOSE OF WOOD, AND THAT HANANIAH SHALL DIE. It is not to be expected that a superficial gaze will discern the special qualifications that attracted the Divine choice to Jeremiah. Jeremiah 16:1-9 New International Version (NIV) Day of Disaster. 10 Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” Jeremiah was from Anathoth in the tribal lands of Benjamin. It is life that speaks to life, heart that comforts heart. ). It carries the idea of recognition of the worth and purpose of him who is known. We might see this in the history of any nation, of old or of today, but I will take Israel, because we are more familiar with its history and its prophets. As we are reading, in these days, more and more deeply into Nature, we are hearing another great Word of God, namely, that God is a God of purpose. The instruments of the Divine purpose in all ages have not been such as man would have selected. Ver. It was a living word from God straight to his heart. Now I have seen Jesus I know God identifies Himself with men. 9 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. When God said "I have put my words in your mouth," did He mean that He had given Jeremiah the ability to receive visions? I see His love going out to wretched men and women. Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth.] 5.) and the Lord said unto me, behold, I have put my words in thy mouth; which was signified by the preceding symbol; wherefore he might with great freedom and boldness deliver them out to others. (1-10) A vision of an almond-tree and of a seething-pot, Divine protection is promised. 9. (Read Jeremiah 31:1-9) God assures his people that he will again take them into covenant relation to himself. 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