Jeremiah 1:8

8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you, says ADONAI, to rescue you."

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 I said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM, I don't even know how to speak! I'm just a child!"

7 But ADONAI said to me, "Don't say, 'I'm just a child.' "For you will go to whomever I send you, and you will speak whatever I order you.

8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you, says ADONAI, to rescue you."

9 Then ADONAI put out his hand and touched my mouth, and ADONAI said to me, "There! I have put my words in your mouth.

10 Today I have placed you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant."