Jeremiah 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

gird up, &c. See note on 1 Kings 18:46.

be not dismayed. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), in the alternate words and lines of. (p. 1016):. g. 17-. Be not dismayed (tehath).. | -17-. At their faces (mippeneyhem).. | -17-. Lest. confound thee (ahiteka).. | -17. Before them (liphneyhem). This may be Englished: "Be not abashed.. Lest. abash thee".

Jeremiah 1:17

17 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 confoundc thee before them.