Jeremiah 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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  • Exod 6:12 : 12 And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
  • Exod 4:10-16 : 10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 And he shall be your spokesman to the people, and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.
  • 1 Kgs 3:7-9 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you:
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 4:10 : 10 Then I said: Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.
  • Jer 14:13 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.''
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice, for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.
  • Exod 6:30 : 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?

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    7But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

    8Do not be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.

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    12Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.

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