Jeremiah 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Gird up

And speak

Be not

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Confound thee

Ezekiel 3:14

Ezekiel 33:6

1 Corinthians 9:16

General references

Exodus 7:2

Bible References

Gird up

The power of the Lord

was on Elijah, and he tucked his mantle under his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don’t stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don’t answer him. Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

The prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets and said, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take this flask of oil with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Get ready to answer Me like a man;
when I question you, you will inform Me.

“Be ready for service and have your lamps lit.

Therefore, with your minds ready for action,

be serious and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

And speak

Then the Lord said to me:

Do not say, “I am only a youth,”
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land.

Next He said to me: “Son of man, listen carefully to all My words that I speak to you and take them to heart.

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.”

and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.

Be not

Do not be afraid of anyone,
for I will be with you to deliver you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
shatter them with total destruction.

He answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain.”

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words, though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or be discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

On the contrary, after we had previously suffered, and we were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

Confound thee

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.

However, if the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn’t blow the trumpet, so that the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives, then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

General references

You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land.