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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 1:7 in context
Jeremiah 1:4–10
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Now the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“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.”
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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.
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Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.
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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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Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
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