Jer 1:7 | NETfull | STEP | The Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

Jeremiah 1:7

7 The Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go ^{▼▼ Or “For you must go and say.” The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is likely adversative here after a negative statement (cf. BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 3.e). The Lord is probably not giving a rationale for the denial of Jeremiah’s objection but redirecting his focus, i.e., “do not say…but go…and say.”} to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.