Jeremiah 1:9 (WEB)

Passage

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 1:7 But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

Jeremiah 1:8 Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 1:9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Jeremiah 1:10 Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 1:11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "stretched", "hand", "touched", "mouth", "said", and "behold". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "stretched", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Don t be afraid because of them..." into verse 10's "Behold I have today set you over...", so "yahweh" and "stretched" 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 "yahweh" and "stretched" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.