Jeremiah 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.

Ex 7:1,2; Nu 22:20,38; 1Ki 22:14; 2Ch 18:13; Jer 1:17,18; Eze 2:3-5; Eze 3:17-21,27; Mt 28:20; Mr 16:15,16; Ac 20:27

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.”