OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Ah, Lord^† GOD! Behold,^† I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 1:6 in context

Jeremiah 1:3–9

It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

Now the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

Before you were born, I sanctified you.

I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

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Then I said, “Ah, Lord^† GOD! Behold,^† I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

But the LORD said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.

Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

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Source notes

Notes from World English Bible Updated

The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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