But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
To all that - to all to whom (Rosenmuller). Rather, 'to all against whom;' in a hostile sense (cf. Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 1:17-19) (Maurer). Such was the perversity of the rulers and people of Judea at that time, that whoever would desire to be a faithful prophet needed to arm himself with an intrepid mind: Jeremiah was naturally timid and sensitive, yet the Spirit moulded him to the necessary degree of courage without taking away his special sensitive, yet the Spirit moulded him to the necessary degree of courage without taking away his special individuality.