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Jeremiah 1:9

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Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

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Jeremiah 1:9 in other translations

Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:

Jeremiah 1:9 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 1:9 in context

  1. 7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
  2. 8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
  3. 9Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
  4. 10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
  5. 11Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
    I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”