Jeremiah 1:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ “Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not break down before their faces, lest I break you before them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins! Arise and tell them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed and break down at the sight of their faces, lest I confound you before them and permit you to be overcome.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ But you must prepare for battle and be ready to utter every word I command you. Don’t be frightened before them, or I will frighten you before them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, you should gird your waist, and rise up, and speak to them everything that I instruct you. You should not have dread before their face. For I will cause you to be unafraid of their countenance.

Jeremiah 1:17 Cross References

1 Kings 18:46

And the hand of יהוה  was on Ě

2 Kings 1:15

And the Messenger of יהוה  said to Ě

2 Kings 4:29

And he said to Gĕ

2 Kings 9:1

And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Gird your loins and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilʽ

Job 38:3

Now gird up your loins like a man, and I ask you, and you answer Me.

Exodus 3:12

And He said, “Because I am with you. And this is to you the sign that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Mitsrayim, you are to serve Elohim on this mountain.”

Exodus 7:2

“You shall speak all that I command you, and Aharon your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, to let the children of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 1:18

“For look, I have made you this day a walled city and an iron column, and bronze walls against all the land, against the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 17:18

Let these who persecute me be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be broken, but do not let me be broken. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction!

Jeremiah 23:28

“The prophet who has a dream, let him relate the dream, and he who has My Word, let him speak My Word in truth. What is the chaff to the wheat?” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 26:12

And Yirmeyahu spoke to all the heads and all the people, saying, “יהוה  sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city with all the words you heard.

Jeremiah 26:2

“Thus said יהוה, ‘Stand in the courtyard of the House of יהוה, and speak to all the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 36:8

And Baruḵ

Lamentations 3:57

You drew near on the day I called on You; You said, “Do not fear!”

Jonah 3:2

“Arise, go to Ninewĕ

Luke 12:35

“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning,

Acts 20:20

as I kept back no matter that was profitable, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,

Acts 20:27

“For I kept not back from declaring to you all the counsel of Elohim.

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I bring the Good News, it is no boasting for me, for necessity is laid on me, and it is woe to me if I do not bring the Good News!

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But having suffered before and having been mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our Elohim to speak to you the Good News of Elohim in much struggle.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, set your expectation perfectly upon the favour that is to be brought to you at the revelation of יהושע  Messiah,