Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 1:8

8 Be not afraid of their faces : for I am with thee to deliver thee , saith the LORD.

Their fierce looks Ezek. 3.9. the indication of their enraged minds, Dan. 3.19. Neither when thou deliverest my message to them, nor when thou mayest be cited before them Matth. 10.18, 19. This is Gods answer to Ieremy's fears in respect of the persons he was to deal with, as the other was in respect of his own consciousness of insufficiency; and he mentions their faces, because the majestick countenance, of Princes, and Magistrates, is apt to strike a great awe and terror upon Children.

Ile not only send thee as other Kings do their Embassadors, but I will go with thee, this God promises to Moses, Exod. 3.12. and D[illegible: 1 letter]ut. 31.6, 8.

Here God promises his protection for encouragement.

Marginal references: Jos. 1.5. Heb. 13.5, 6.