Jeremiah 1:8

8 Don't be afraid of anyone, because I am with you to protect you," says the Lord.

Jeremiah 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 1:8

Be not afraid of their faces
Their stern looks, their frowning brows, and angry countenances, which would threaten him with destruction and death: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the Lord;
out of their hands, when in the most imminent danger. The Targum paraphrases the words thus,

``my Word shall be thine help to deliver thee:''

which is true of Christ, the essential Word of God.

Jeremiah 1:8 In-Context

6 Then I said, "But Lord God, I don't know how to speak. I am only a boy."

7 But the Lord said to me, "Don't say, 'I am only a boy.' You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say everything I tell you to say.

8 Don't be afraid of anyone, because I am with you to protect you," says the Lord.

9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth. He said to me, "See, I am putting my words in your mouth.

10 Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will pull up and tear down, destroy and overthrow, build up and plant."