# 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.

— Jeremiah 1:9, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 627 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 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 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/21/15
- Exodus 4:11-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/4/11
- Luke 12:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/12/12
- Isaiah 51:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/51/16
- Isaiah 50:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/50/4
- Matthew 10:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/10/19
- Jeremiah 5:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/5/14
- Ezekiel 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).