Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 1:7 - 1:7

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 1:7 - 1:7


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to all that - to all “to whom” [Rosenmuller]. Rather, “to all against whom”; in a hostile sense (compare Jer 1:8, Jer 1:17, Jer 1:18, Jer 1:19) [Maurer]. Such was the perversity of the rulers and people of Judea at that time, that whoever would desire to be a faithful prophet needed to arm himself with an intrepid mind; Jeremiah was naturally timid and sensitive; yet the Spirit molded him to the necessary degree of courage without taking away his peculiar individuality.