Jeremiah 1:17 meaning and explanation

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.

Jeremiah 1:17, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Jeremiah, newly called as a prophet during the reign of Josiah, and preparing him for a hostile mission to Judah. The Hebrew idiom behind "get yourself ready" pictures girding up the loins, tucking a long robe into a belt for action.

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