Jeremiah 1:9
Then LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says LORD.
Cross References
Exodus 4:15And thou shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do,
Deuteronomy 18:17And LORD said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
Isaiah 50:4Lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Isaiah 59:21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says LORD: My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus says LORD: If thou return, then I will bring thee again that thou may stand before me. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth. They shall return to thee, but thou shall not retur
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 1:5-11
Jeremiah's Call to the Prophetic Office. ( b. c. 629.) 4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces:… Read the whole commentary →