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Jeremiah
Mi-Yittan

Biblical Hebrew is sprinkled

with idioms, words, or phrases

that mean something different
from what they immediately
say.
An example is mi-yittan,
which is composed of two
Hebrew words: mi, which is
the interrogative who? and

Jeremiah
Mi-Yittan

In the Hebrew Bible, this

phrase expresses the idea of
a wish, of a desire, of
someone wanting something
badly.
In Deuteronomy 5:29, going
over the history of Gods
providences, Moses reminds
the children of Israel about

Jeremiah
Mi-Yittan

According to Moses, the Lord,

pleased with their request,
then said: Oh, that they
had such a heart in them that
they would hear Me and
always keep all My
commandments (NKJV).
The word translated Oh?
Yes, it is mi-yittan.

Jeremiah
Mi-Yittan

This use of mi-yittan reveals

that even God wont trample
on free will (because the
moment He did, it
would no longer be free).
If ever one book of the Old
Testament revealed the reality
of Gods desire for humans to
obey Him, and the human

Jeremiah
Our Goal

To read the book of

Jeremiah, is to take a journey,

a spiritual journey that goes
back and forth from the
lowest depths of human
depravity to the heights and
grandeur and majesty of the
Lord
the Lord who, from those

Jeremiah
Contents
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The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

The Crisis Within and Without
The Last Five Kings of Judah
Rebuke and Retribution
More Woes for the Prophet
Symbolic Acts
The Crisis Continues
Josiahs Reform
Jeremiahs Yoke
The Destruction of Jerusalem
The Covenant
Back to Egypt
Lessons From Jeremiah

Jeremiah
Lesson 1, October 3

The Prophetic Calling

of Jeremiah

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

Key Text

Jeremiah 1:5 NKJV

Before I formed you in

the womb I knew you; before
you were born I sanctified
you; I ordained you a prophet
to the nations.

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

Quick Look

1. Jeremiah, the Levite

(Jeremiah 1:1-5a)
2. Jeremiah, the Prophet
1
(Jeremiah 1:4, 5)
3. Jeremiah, the Prophet
2
(Jeremiah 1:6-9)

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

Initial Words

We know more about the life

of Jeremiah than we do about
any other Old Testament
prophet.
The biographical facts in his
book
help us understand better his
work as a prophet. Jeremiah
had such an effect on history

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

1. Jeremiah, the Levite

Jeremiah 1:1-5a NKJV

The word of Jeremiah the

son of Hilkiah, of the priests
who were in Anathoth, in the
land of Benjamin, to whom the
word of the Lord came in the
days of Josiah..., king of Judah.
...
Then the word of the Lord

1. Jeremiah, the Levite

Family Background

The prophet had an exalted

lineage.
A member of the Levitical
priest-hood, Jeremiah had been
trained
from childhood for holy service.
In those happy years of
preparation
he little realized that he had

1. Jeremiah, the Levite

Family Background

The priests were to be the

moral and spiritual leaders of
the nation; they had been
given important roles that
impacted most every area of
the nations spiritual life.
Some had been faithful to
that task; others abused and
violated it in ways that we

1. Jeremiah, the Levite

Family Background

As we will soon read in the

book of Jeremiah, the prophet
had very strong words to
speak against these unfaithful
priests, who had proved
unworthy of the
responsibilities and calling
that they had been
entrusted with.

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

2. Jeremiah, the Prophet1

Jeremiah 1:4, 5 NKJV

Then the word of the Lord

came to me, saying: Before I
formed you in the womb I knew
you; before you were born I
sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to

2. Jeremiah, the Prophet1

The Prophets

The prophets, according to

their calling, were determined
protectors of Gods law. They
stood on the ground of the
covenant and the Ten
Commandments (Jer. 11:26).
Micah 3:8 gives one summary
of the prophets work, which
was to declare unto Jacob his

2. Jeremiah, the Prophet1

The Prophets

This task involved great

responsibility: if they told the
truth, these powerful people
could kill them; but if they
did not represent the truth,
Gods judgment could also
come upon them.
To be a prophet is a heavy
calling, and from what we can

2. Jeremiah, the Prophet1

His Prophetic Calling

Jeremiah didnt waffle in

regard to who called him. He
was very clear all through the
book of Jeremiah, that what
he was speaking was the
word of the Lord, which had
come to him.
This fervent conviction is
what enabled him to press on

2. Jeremiah, the Prophet1

His Prophetic Calling

God chose Jeremiah to be a

prophet before his birth. God
set him aside from the
moment of his conception for
this prophetic role.
These texts dont teach preexistence or predestination;
they teach, instead, Gods

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

3. Jeremiah, the Prophet2

Jeremiah 1:6-9 NKJV

Then said I: Ah, Lord God!

Behold
I cannot speak, for I am a
youth.
But the Lord said to me: Do
not say, I am a youth. ...
Then the Lord put forth His
hand and touched my mouth,

3. Jeremiah, the Prophet2

Reluctant Prophet

He immediately talked

about his inability to speak

well, as did Moses. Isaiah, too,
in his response, made mention
of his mouth, his lips.
They knew that, whatever else
their calling involved, it would
involve speaking and

3. Jeremiah, the Prophet2

Reluctant Prophet

and, as such, would be

responsible for proclaiming
those messages to others.
Imagine having to stand
before hostile leaders or
unruly people and give them
sharp words of rebuke and
warning. The reluctance of
these soon-to-be prophets is

3. Jeremiah, the Prophet2

Reluctant Prophet

The prophet is Gods witness;

his job is to speak not for
himself but for God alone.
Jeremiah wasnt called to find
solutions to the problems of
the nation or to become a
great leader whom the people
would follow.
Jeremiah had the singular

3. Jeremiah, the Prophet2

Reluctant Prophet

The emphasis here is not on

the human or on human
potential; it is on Gods
sovereignty and power alone.
The prophet was to point the
people to the Lord, in whom
alone was the solution to all
their problems.

The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah

Final Words

Jeremiahs lot in life wasnt

a happy one. His calling

brought him suffering, woe,
rejection, even imprisonment.
So many of these troubles
came from the very ones
whom he was seeking to point
in the right direction.
Thus, he prefigured what Jesus