Jeremiah 1:17 “Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command y…”

Jeremiah 1:17

Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

World English Bible

“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

American Standard Version

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou therefore trusse vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not afraide of their faces, lest I destroy thee before them.

Darby Translation

Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I shall command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I cause thee to be dismayed before them.

Young's Literal Translation

'And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

Bible in Basic English

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

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Cross references

“gird up”

1 Kings 18:46 Luke 12:35 1 Peter 1:13 Job 38:3 2 Kings 4:29 2 Kings 9:1

1 Kings 18:46 · BSB

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Luke 12:35 · BSB

Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

1 Peter 1:13 · BSB

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Job 38:3 · BSB

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

2 Kings 4:29 · BSB

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

2 Kings 9:1 · BSB

Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

“and speak”

Jeremiah 23:28 Exodus 7:2 Acts 20:20 Acts 20:27 Jonah 3:2 Jeremiah 1:7

Jeremiah 23:28 · BSB

Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

Exodus 7:2 · BSB

You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

Acts 20:20 · BSB

I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

Acts 20:27 · BSB

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Jonah 3:2 · BSB

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

Jeremiah 1:7 · BSB

But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

“be not”

Exodus 3:12 Jeremiah 17:18 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Jeremiah 1:8 Ezekiel 2:6 Ezekiel 2:7

Exodus 3:12 · BSB

“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

Jeremiah 17:18 · BSB

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

1 Thessalonians 2:2 · BSB

As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

Jeremiah 1:8 · BSB

Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 2:6 · BSB

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though…

Ezekiel 2:7 · BSB

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

“confound thee”

Ezekiel 3:14–18 Ezekiel 33:6–8 1 Corinthians 9:16

Ezekiel 3:14–18 · BSB

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

Ezekiel 33:6–8 · BSB

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountab…

1 Corinthians 9:16 · BSB

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

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