Neviim Akharonim:

YirmeYahu / hymry

Jeremiah Chapter 1

Theme: Warning and Judgment

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Prophecies of judgment on Yehudah (1-45)

YirmeYahu' call and commission

1:1 Divrei YirmeYahu (ירמיה) Ben Hilkiyahu (חלקיּה), of the Kohenim that [were] in Anatot (ענתות) in ha Eretz Benyamin:

1:2 To whom the Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came in the days of YoshiYah Ben Amon melekh YeHuDah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

1:3 It came also in the days of Y'hoYakim (יהויקים) Ben Yoshiyahu (יאשׁיּהוּ) melekh YeHuDah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Tzidkiyahu (צדקיּהוּ) Ben YoshiYah melekh YeHuDah, unto the carrying away of Yerushalayim (ירוּשׁלם) captive in the fifth month (Av).

1:4 Then the Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came unto me, saying,

1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a Navi unto the goyim (nations).

1:6 Then said I, Ah, Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה)! hinei, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.

1:7 But YHWH (יהוה) said unto me:

"Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith YHWH (יהוה).

1:9 Then YHWH (יהוה) put forth his Yad, and touched my mouth. And YHWH (יהוה) said unto me, Hinei, I have put MY Divrei in thy mouth.

1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the goyim (nations) and over the mamlachot (kingdoms), to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Hashem gave a Signs confirming YirmeYahu's calling

1:11 Moreover Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came unto me, saying:

"YirmeYahu, what seest thou? And I said, I see a makel SHAQED (rod of an almond tree).

1:12 Then said YHWH (יהוה) unto me:

"Thou hast well seen: for I will shakad (watch) upon my Dvar to perform it. "

1:13 And the Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof [is] toward the north.

1:14 Then YHWH (יהוה) said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

1:15 For, lo, I will call all the mishpekhot mamlechot (families of the kingdoms) of the north, saith YHWH (יהוה); and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Yerushalayim (ירוּשׁלם), and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of YeHuDah.

1:16 And I will utter my mishpatim against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

1:18 For, hinnei, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the melekhim of YeHuDah, against the princes thereof, against the Kohenim thereof, and against the people of the land.

1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I [am] with thee, saith YHWH (יהוה), to deliver thee.

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About YirmeYahu ha Navi

YirmeYahu meaning YHWH has appointed (raised) he was a Navi of Hashem who foretold the destruction and captivity of Yehudah by Bavel. He was sometime known as " the weeping Navi". He was a dedicated patriot, who wholly committed to Hashem and to set apartness. He was being persecuted by his own people for his bold proclaimation of unwelcom truth about the impending captivity. He continuingly shown compassion for them. Sometime we often have to suffer persecution, rejection, excommunication, ridiculed for standing for the truth.

Some would suggest that YirmeYahu is a type of Moshiach. He was accused of political treason, as was Moshiach Yeshua, and was tried, persecuted and imprisoned for the words he had spoken. In addition to this YirmeYahu and Moshiach both foretold and wept over the destruction of the temple in Yerushalayim. Each was rejected by his own people. (YirmeYahu 2:1-3; 36:32 cf Yochanan 1:11)

YirmeYahu' calling came a the time of melekh Yoshiyahu during the 13th year reign about 626B.C. Zefanyah and Havakkuk were contemporaries of YirmeYahu' earlier ministry. He gave warning to the people that unless they teshuvah of their sins their city would be destroyed. When gave a choice by Nevukadnetztzar he chose to stay and minister to the remnant of Yehudah. Following the assasination of Gedalyah Ben Ahikam, he advised his people to remain in the land , but instead they went to Mitzrayim, taking YirmeYahu and Baruch with them. While there, YirmeYahu still sought to turn the remnant back to Hashem.

seething pot - The boiling pot symbolizes a raging conflict which was to descend up the land from the North that is the Babylonian invasion

HaShem's Message YirmeYahu

12 times the Word "WOE" was spoken in sefer YirmeYahu