Jeremiah 1:17 (GNV)

Passage

Thou therefore trusse vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not afraide of their faces, lest I destroy thee before them.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:15 For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and euery one shall set his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and on all the walles thereof rounde about, and in all the cities of Iudah.

Jeremiah 1:16 And I will declare vnto them my iudgements touching all the wickednesse of them that haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes.

Jeremiah 1:17 Thou therefore trusse vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not afraide of their faces, lest I destroy thee before them.

Jeremiah 1:18 For I, beholde, I this day haue made thee a defenced citie, and an yron pillar and walles of brasse against the whole lande, against the Kings of Iudah, and against the princes thereof, against the Priestes thereof and against the people of the lande.

Jeremiah 1:19 For they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "therefore", "trusse", "loynes", "arise", "speake", "vnto", and "commaund". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And I will declare vnto them my..." into verse 18's "For I beholde I this day haue...", so "thou" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.