Jeremiah 1:7
But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
6Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
8Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 6:29The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.
Numbers 22:20And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
Jeremiah 1:17So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
Jeremiah 43:1And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
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 →