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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 1:6 - 1:6
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From the long duration of his office (Jer 1:2, Jer 1:3; Jer 40:1, etc.; Jer 43:8, etc.), it is supposed that he was at the time of his call under twenty-five years of age.
child - the same word is translated, “young man” (2Sa 18:5). The reluctance often shown by inspired ministers of God (Exo 4:10; Exo 6:12, Exo 6:30; Jon 1:3) to accept the call, shows that they did not assume the office under the impulse of self-deceiving fanaticism, as false prophets often did.