First of all let us note the unparalleled direct and personal nature of his dealings with God. In Jeremiah’s case there existed, alongside of the Spirit’s official impact, if we may so call it, upon his mind, and interwoven with it, a divine approach addressing itself to the heart’s private needs and desires.

Of other communications of the truth addressed to himself, we may feel sure the prophet could have affirmed what here Israel is made to declare, that in them Jehovah had “appeared” to him.

Appearing to speak makes revelation more than mere communication of truth; it puts God Himself in his word. It expresses that gracious condescension of contact, which Job distinguished from a less close approach in saying:

“I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but
now sees thee mine eye” (42:5).

SK – mine eye, single eye focused on God – SK

And as Jehovah through His appearance injects the personal element into the transaction from His part, so, on the other hand, man receiving the vision feels in it the ultimate Godward expression of his own soul.

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