Adam Clarke's Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 1

Adam Clarke's verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah 1, from Commentary on the Bible. Read it alongside the full text of the chapter.

General title to the whole Book, Jer 1:1-3. Jeremiah receives a commission to prophesy concerning nations and kingdoms, a work to which in the Divine purpose he had been appointed before his birth, Jer 1:4-10. The vision of the rod of an almond tree and of the seething pot, with their signification, Jer 1:11-16. Promises of Divine protection to Jeremiah in the discharge of the arduous duties of his prophetical office, Jer 1:17-19.