Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 627 BC
WHEN
627 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
SOURCES
- date — Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
SEE ALSO
- Luke 21:15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Exodus 4:11-12 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? …
- Luke 12:12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Isaiah 51:16 I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Matthew 10:19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
- Jeremiah 5:14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- Ezekiel 3:10 “Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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