Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 627 BC
WHEN
627 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
SOURCES
- date — Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
SEE ALSO
- Psalms 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
- Isaiah 49:1 Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
- Galatians 1:15-16 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased …
- Psalms 71:5-6 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. …
- Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Isaiah 49:5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD,…
- Isaiah 44:2 This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- 2 Timothy 2:19-21 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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