Jeremiah 1:6-10
Lexham English Bible
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”[a] 7 But Yahweh said to me, “You must not say, ‘I am a youth,’[b] for to whomever[c] I send you, you will go, and whatever[d] I command you, you will speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them,[e] for I am with you to deliver you,” declares[f] 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.
10 See, I appoint you this day over the nations
and over the kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
and to destroy and to tear down,
to build and to plant.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 1:6 Or “boy”
- Jeremiah 1:7 Or “boy”
- Jeremiah 1:7 Literally “all of whom”
- Jeremiah 1:7 Literally “all of that”
- Jeremiah 1:8 Literally “you must not be afraid from the faces of them”
- Jeremiah 1:8 Literally “declaration of”
Jeremiah 1:6-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.”(A) 7 But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a boy,’
for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you.
8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
says the Lord.”(B)
9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,
“Now I have put my words in your mouth.(C)
10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”(D)
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