Jeremiah 1–29 (Biblia.com)

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The prophet Jeremiah declared the word of the Lord at a critical time in the history of ancient Israel. In the first volume of a two-part commentary on Jeremiah, John Bracke provides a powerful interpretation of the prophet’s message to a nation that refused to listen to the call to repent and to renew covenant living in obedience to God’s commandments. Readers encounter God’s anguish and pain...

1:4–10 Jeremiah is the spokesperson for God’s word. These verses recount the call of Jeremiah to be God’s prophet and how the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah (v. 4). In God’s relationship with Jeremiah, the initiative is God’s. Only once is it reported that Jeremiah himself speaks (v. 6). Jeremiah is God’s person—formed, known, consecrated, and appointed for the particular task of being “a prophet to the nations” (v. 5). The appointment of Jeremiah as a prophet to the nations anticipates the broad

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