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Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 1:7

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Jeremiah1:7

7 But 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.

Do not plead excuses.

This is Gods answer to Ieremiah in respect of his sense of his own inability; this may be by way of command, and then it is a check to his timerousness; thou shalt go, therefore draw not back, or, by way of promise, and then it is a satisfactory answer to his excuse, as both proceeded from a sense of his own insufficiency, q. d. fear not, I will make thee eloquent, and couragious.

This relates, either to persons, or things, to all i e to all persons to whom I shall send thee, thou shalt baulk none, see Rev. 10.11. Or, upon so is the Hebrew and then it is thou shalt go upon all errands, and messages, that I shall send thee, see Isa. 55.11. and Act. 26.16.

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