Jeremiah 1:9 meaning and explanation

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

Jeremiah 1:9, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is answering Jeremiah's protest that he is too young and cannot speak. In a gesture like the call of Isaiah and the commissioning of Moses, God touches the prophet's mouth, a sign that the words Jeremiah will speak are not his own but God's.

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