But the Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child,.... This excuse will not be admitted:for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee; either to "every place", as the Targum paraphrases; or "to all persons to whom" he should be sent, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words; or "to all things for which" he should send him, as the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions.
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Jeremiah 1:7
Jeremiah 1:7
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