Jeremiah 1:7

7 But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,'^[a] for to {whomever}^[b] I send you, you will go, and {whatever}^[c] I command you, you will speak.

Jeremiah 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 1:7

But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child
This excuse will not be admitted: for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee;
either to "every place", as the Targum paraphrases; or "to all persons to whom" he should be sent, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words; or "to all things for which" he should send him, as the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions. The sense is, that he should go everywhere, and to every person, and on every errand and message he should be sent unto and with: and whatsoever I command thee, thou shall speak;
out and openly, and keep back nothing through the fear of men; as follows:

Jeremiah 1:7 In-Context

5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out from [the] womb I consecrated you; I appointed you [as] a prophet to the nations."

6 Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know [how] to speak, for I [am] a youth."

7 But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,' for to {whomever} I send you, you will go, and {whatever} I command you, you will speak.

8 {Do not be afraid of them}, for I [am] with you to deliver you," {declares} Yahweh.

9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and he touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "boy"
• [b] Literally "all of whom"
• [c] Literally "all of that"