Jeremiah 1:6

New American Bible - revised edition

“Ah, Lord God!” I said, “I do not know how to speak. I am too young!”

Cross References

Exodus 4:1

“But,” objected Moses, “suppose they do not believe me or listen to me? For they may say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”

Exodus 6:12

However, Moses protested to the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, how is it possible that Pharaoh will listen to me, poor speaker that I am!”

Exodus 6:30

But Moses protested to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker, how is it possible that Pharaoh will listen to me?”

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Jeremiah 14:13

“Ah! Lord God,” I replied, “it is the prophets who say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword; famine shall not befall you. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah, my Lord God! You made the heavens and the earth with your great power and your outstretched arm; nothing is too difficult for you.

Jeremiah 34:6

Jeremiah the prophet told all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 4:10

“Ah! Lord God,” they will say, “You really did deceive us When you said: You shall have peace, while the sword was at our very throats.”

Ezekiel 4:14

“Oh no, Lord God,” I protested. “Never have I defiled myself nor have I eaten carrion flesh or flesh torn by wild beasts, nor from my youth till now has any unclean meat entered my mouth.”

Zechariah 2:4

And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And the Lord said, “Those are the horns that scattered Judah, so that none could raise their heads any more; and these have come to terrify them—to cut down the horns of the nations that raised their horns to scatter the land of Judah.” Third Vision: The Man with the Measuring Cord.