Jeremiah 1:1
New International Version
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

New Living Translation
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.

English Standard Version
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Berean Standard Bible
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Berean Literal Bible
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

King James Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

New King James Version
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

New American Standard Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

NASB 1995
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

NASB 1977
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Legacy Standard Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Amplified Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Berean Annotated Bible
These are the words of Jeremiah (whom YHWH has appointed) son of Hilkiah (my portion is YHWH), one of the priests in Anathoth (answers to prayer) in the territory of Benjamin (son of the right hand).

Christian Standard Bible
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests living in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests living in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

American Standard Version
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Contemporary English Version
My name is Jeremiah. I am a priest, and my father Hilkiah and everyone else in my family are from Anathoth in the territory of the Benjamin tribe. This book contains the things that the LORD told me to say.

English Revised Version
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[These are] the words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah. He was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Good News Translation
This book is the account of what was said by Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests of the town of Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

International Standard Version
The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

NET Bible
The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

New Heart English Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Webster's Bible Translation
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

World English Bible
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who [are] in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin,

Berean Literal Bible
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Young's Literal Translation
Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who are in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin,

Smith's Literal Translation
The words of Jeremiah son of Hillkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.

New American Bible
The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

New Revised Standard Version
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The statement of Jeremiah, son of Khelqia, of the Priests that were in Anathuth that is in the land of Benyamin
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
THE WORDS of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The word of God which came to Jeremias the son of Chelcias, of the priests, who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Additional Translations ...



Context
The Words of Jeremiah
1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,…

Cross References
These are the words of Jeremiah

Jeremiah 36:4
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 36:32
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

2 Chronicles 36:21-22
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. / In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
son of Hilkiah,

1 Chronicles 6:13
Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,

2 Kings 22:8
Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

2 Chronicles 34:14
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
one of the priests in Anathoth

Joshua 21:18
Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:60
And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

1 Kings 2:26
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
in the territory of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 32:7-9
Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. / So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

Joshua 18:11-12
The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph: / On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

Nehemiah 11:32
in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
2 Kings 22:3-13
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying, / “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. / And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD— …

2 Chronicles 34:8-21
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. / So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem. / They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD. …

2 Kings 23:1-3
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.


Treasury of Scripture

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

words

2 Chronicles 36:21
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 2:1
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

of the priests

Ezekiel 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

in Anathoth

Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

Jeremiah 32:7-9
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it

Joshua 21:17,18
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, …

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15. His heavy message against Judah
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These are the words of Jeremiah

Jeremiah’s book preserves prophecies, personal laments, and historical accounts from his ministry during Judah’s final decades before the Babylonian exile. God called him to warn a rebellious nation of coming judgment while also declaring future restoration.

Jer 36:4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah,…
Jer 36:32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe…
2Ch 36:21-22 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days…

son of Hilkiah,

Jeremiah came from a priestly family, giving him early familiarity with the Law, worship, and the responsibilities of Israel’s spiritual leaders. His ministry would expose the failures of priests, rulers, and people who had abandoned covenant faithfulness.

1Ch 6:13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah,…
2Ki 22:8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe,…
2Ch 34:14 While they were bringing out the money that had been taken…

one of the priests in Anathoth

Anathoth was a Levitical town northeast of Jerusalem, assigned to the priests. Though Jeremiah belonged to a respected priestly community, opposition from his own hometown would become part of the hardship he faced in delivering God’s message.

Jos 21:18 Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with…
1Ch 6:60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given…
1Ki 2:26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest,…

in the territory of Benjamin.

Benjamin’s territory bordered Judah and lay close to Jerusalem, placing Jeremiah near the center of Judah’s political and religious life. From this setting, he witnessed the decline of the kingdom and proclaimed God’s warnings to its kings, priests, and citizens.

Jer 32:7-9 Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum…
Jos 18:11-12 The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin…
Neh 11:32 in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

Persons / Places / Events
1. Jeremiah
The prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance and faithfulness amidst persecution and rejection.

2. Hilkiah
Jeremiah's father, identified as a priest. This indicates Jeremiah's priestly lineage, which is significant in understanding his background and the authority with which he spoke.

3. Anathoth
A town in the territory of Benjamin, known as a Levitical city. It was a place designated for the priests, which further emphasizes Jeremiah's priestly heritage.

4. Territory of Benjamin
One of the tribes of Israel, located near Jerusalem. This location is significant as it places Jeremiah in close proximity to the political and religious center of Judah.
Teaching Points
Understanding Our Heritage
Just as Jeremiah's background as a priest influenced his ministry, our own heritage and upbringing can shape our calling and service to God. Reflect on how your background can be used for God's purposes.

God's Sovereignty in Calling
Jeremiah's life demonstrates that God calls individuals according to His purpose, regardless of their personal qualifications or circumstances. Trust in God's sovereignty and respond to His call with obedience.

Faithfulness in Adversity
Jeremiah faced significant opposition, yet he remained faithful to God's message. We are called to stand firm in our faith, even when faced with challenges or rejection.

The Importance of Place
Anathoth, as a Levitical city, was a place of spiritual significance. Consider how your current place or community can be a platform for ministry and service.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 1:1?

2. How does Jeremiah 1:1 establish Jeremiah's prophetic authority and lineage?

3. What role does Anathoth play in understanding Jeremiah's background and mission?

4. How does Jeremiah 1:1 connect to God's sovereignty in choosing prophets?

5. How can we discern God's calling in our lives like Jeremiah?

6. What lessons from Jeremiah's calling can we apply to modern Christian leadership?

7. What is the historical context of Jeremiah 1:1?

8. How does Jeremiah 1:1 establish the authority of the prophet?

9. What significance does Jeremiah's lineage have in Jeremiah 1:1?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 1?


I.

(1-3) The first three verses contain the title prefixed to the collection of prophecies by some later editor. This title would seem, from its unusual fulness, to have received one or more additions--Jeremiah 1:1 giving the general title, Jeremiah 1:2 the commencement of Jeremiah's prophetic work, Jeremiah 1:3 the period of his chief activity and its conclusion. Strictly speaking, indeed, we see from the book itself that his work continued after the beginning of the captivity.

The words of Jeremiah.--The more usual title of prophetic books is "the word of the Lord by the prophet," but the title of Amos (Amos 1:1) is in the same form as this. The Hebrew for "words" has a somewhat wider connotation than the English, and is translated "acts" in 1Kings 11:41; 2Chronicles 33:18. . . .

Verse 1. - The words of Jeremiah. This introductory formula only occurs here and in Amos 1:1. The editor of Jeremiah and of Amos deserts the usual phrase ("burden" or , "utterance," "vision," "the word of the LORD which came," etc.) in order to give fuller information concerning the origin of the prophetic writers (but see on ver. 2). On the name Jeremiah, and on the position occupied by Hilkiah, see Introduction. That were in Anathoth. So Vulgate; Septuagint, however (followed by Payne Smith), makes the relative refer to Jeremiah (ὅς κατῴκει). But in this case would not the phrase have been "Jeremiah the priest," etc. (comp. Ezekiel 1:1)? Anathoth was one of the priestly cities (Joshua 21:18); it lay on or near the great northern road (Isaiah 10:30), and has been identified by Dr. Robinson (so also by Lieutenant Conder) with 'Anata, situated on a ridge, an hour and a quarter north-northeast from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 1:1 carefully roots the entire book in verifiable history: a specific man, from a named father, serving as an authentic priest, living in a real town inside a defined tribal allotment. Every detail underscores that the revelations to follow are God’s precise, trustworthy words spoken through a legitimate, identifiable servant.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[These are] the words
דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of Jeremiah
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Hilkiah,
חִלְקִיָּ֑הוּ (ḥil·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2518: Hilkiah -- 'my portion is Yah', the name of several Israelites

one of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the priests
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

in Anathoth
בַּעֲנָת֔וֹת (ba·‘ă·nā·ṯō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6068: Anathoth -- a place near Jerusalem, also two Israelites

in the territory
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Benjamin.
בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites


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