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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Jeremiah 1 This chapter contains the title or inscription of the book; the call of the prophet to his office, and the encouragement he had to enter upon it. In the inscription the prophet is described by his name, by his descent, by the place of his birth, and the time of his prophesying, Jeremiah 1:1, the appointment and ordination of him to his office, which was very early, and...
John Gill
Thou therefore gird up thy loins,.... The loins both of his mind and body. The allusion is to the custom of the eastern countries in wearing long garments, who, when they went about business, girt them about them for quicker dispatch; and here it designs haste and expedition in doing the Lord's work, as well as courage and resolution of mind: and arise; and go from Anathoth to Jerusalem: and...
Matthew Henry
The Inscription. (b. c. 629.) 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, — “Thou hast a hard task before thee, Jeremiah, a stern life’s work cut out for thee; ‘therefore gird up thy loins,’ “ — Jer_1:17. And arise, — “There must be no waiting, no idleness: ‘Arise,’ “ — Jer_1:17. And speak unto them all that I command thee: “Do not trim it at all, or pare it down, or omit distasteful portions; but ‘speak unto them all that I command...