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Jeremiah 1:7

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1:7 The Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go 1  to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

Jeremiah 27:5

Context
27:5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, 2  and I give it to whomever I see fit. 3 

1 tn Or “For you must go and say.” The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is likely adversative here after a negative statement (cf. BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 3.e). The Lord is probably not giving a rationale for the denial of Jeremiah’s objection but redirecting his focus, i.e., “do not say…but go…and say.”

2 tn Heb “by my great power and my outstretched arm.” Again “arm” is symbolical for “strength.” Compare the similar expression in 21:5.

3 sn See Dan 4:17 for a similar statement.



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