Jeremiah 1:9

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

— WEB

“Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.”

— KJV

“Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:”

— ASV

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Luke 21:15 "for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict."
Exodus 4:11-12 "Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?"
Luke 12:12 "for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”"
Isaiah 51:16 "I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations o…"
Isaiah 50:4 "The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens mo…"
Matthew 10:19 "But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say."
Jeremiah 5:14 "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people …"
Ezekiel 3:10 "Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you."

Commentary

touched my mouth--a symbolical act in supernatural vision, implying that God would give him utterance, notwithstanding his inability to speak (Jer 1:6). So Isaiah's lips were touched with a living coal (Isa 6:7; compare Eze 2:8-10; Dan 10:16).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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