Jeremias 1:8

8 Be not afraid before them: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 1:8 In-Context

6 And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not to speak, for I am a child.

7 And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all to whomsoever I shall send thee, and according to all that I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.

8 Be not afraid before them: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

9 And the Lord stretched forth his hand to me, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words into thy mouth.

10 Behold, I have appointed thee this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.