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…

Jeremiah suggested two difficulties, the first inexperience, the second timidity. God now removes the first of these. Inexperience is no obstacle where the duty is simple obedience His timidity is…

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, Jer 1:5): The word of the…

Here again there is brought out the contrast between Moses and Jeremiah. The former had offered one objection after another (Exo 3:11; Exo 3:13; Exo 4:1; Exo 4:10; Exo 4:13), and consequently (Jer…