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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter we have, I. The general inscription or title of this book, with the time of the continuance of Jeremiah’s public ministry, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.1.1-Jer.1.3" href="/passage/?search=Jer.1.1-Jer.1.3">Jer. 1:1-3</a>. II. The call of Jeremiah to the prophetic office, his modest objection against it answered, and an ample commission given him for the execution of it, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.1.4-Jer.1.10" href="/passage/?search=Jer.1.4-Jer.1.10">Jer. 1:4-10</a>. III. The visions of an almond-rod and a seething-pot, signifying the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.1.11-Jer.1.16" href="/passage/?search=Jer.1.11-Jer.1.16">Jer. 1:11-16</a>. IV. Encouragement given to the prophet to go on undauntedly in his work, in an assurance of God’s presence with him, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.1.17-Jer.1.19" href="/passage/?search=Jer.1.17-Jer.1.19">Jer. 1:17-19</a>. Thus is he set to work by one that will be sure to bear him out.</p>
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