Jeremiah 1:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Jeremiah 1:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 16:15-16
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. …
Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Numbers 22:20
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Ezekiel 2:3-5
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. …
Ezekiel 3:17-21
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-10)

Here is, I. Jeremiah’s early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business (Jer. 1:4, 5): The word of the Lord came to him, with a satisfying assurance to himself that it was the word of the Lord and not a delusion; and God told him, 1. That he had ordained him a prophet to the nations, or against the nations,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

4-10. Jeremiah’s call to the prophetical office. unto me--other manuscripts read “to him”; but English Version probably represents the true Hebrew text; this inscription was doubtless made by Jeremiah himself.