Jeremiah 1:7 meaning and explanation

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.

Jeremiah 1:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just heard God say he was known and appointed as a prophet before birth, and he has protested that he is too young and cannot speak. God answers the protest directly, refusing the excuse rather than soothing it.

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