Jeremiah 1:6 (WEB)
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
Catechism · 1
“At times their prayer is an argument or a complaint, but it is always an intercession that awaits and prepares for the intervention of the Savior God, the Lord of history.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Am 7:2, 5; Isa 6:5, 8, 11; Jer 1:6; 15: 15-18; 20: 7-18.
Fathers and councils · 9
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.4Book III
“…was known to God before he was formed in his mother’s womb, and before he was born was sanctified by Him, and while yet a boy received the grace of prophecy.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 5, 6.
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Gregory the Great
“For to the Lord who sent him Jeremias replied saying, Ah, Lord God, I cannot speak; for I am a child (Jer. i. 6).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But Jeremiah is sent, yet humbly pleads that he should not be sent, saying, Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak: for I am a child (Jer. i. 6).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“And not from this circumstance only were these the greater, but also from their obedience: in that they shrink not, nor are they backward, like those of old;but, warned as they are of perils, and wars, and of those insupportable evils, they receive with great obedience His injunctions, as being heralds of a kingdom.” — editor's note: See Exod. iv. 10–14; Jerem. i. 6.
Read the whole comment“This He said to the prophets also in the Old Testament continually, as well to Jeremiah objecting his youth,as to Mosesand Ezekielshrinking from the office, “I am with you,” this here also to these men.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 6, 8.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Moses, also, and Jeremiah, chosen by the Lord to declare the words of God to the people, were for avoiding, through modesty, that which through grace they could do.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 6.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…for it is written, I Am That I Am, and Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you, and through Jeremiah, O Lord, Who art Lord.” — editor's note: i. 6 (LXX).
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For it is a good thing even to hold back from God for a little while, as did the great Moses of old, and Jeremiah later on; and then to run readily to Him when He calls, as did Aaron and Isaiah, so only both be done in a dutiful spirit;—the former because of his own want…” — editor's note: Jer. i. 6.
Read the whole comment“Aaron was eager, but Moses resisted, Isaiah readily submitted, but Jeremiah was afraid of his youth, and did not venture to prophesy until he had received from God a promise and power beyond his years.” — editor's note: Jer. i. 6.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
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Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in De Principiis III.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.8.
Cited together in Orations Oration 1.