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The Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament surveys each book of the Old Testament at several levels—Book, Super Division, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(1:1–3:5) This section introduces the three main characters of the book: the prophet, the people, and YHWH. In the thesis statement of the book (1:10), YHWH commissions Jeremiah with a message of uprooting (judgment) and planting (restoration). The prophet is fearful of opposition, but YHWH assures him (1:18–19). YHWH then condemns his people for their flagrant spiritual adultery: as a faithful husband, YHWH liberated his people from Egypt
Jeremiah 1:1–3:5
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