Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
The call to the prophetic office left Jeremiah with a deep sense of unworthiness and overwhelmed him with its magnitude. He responded that he was unable to speak for the task, because he was only a child. In his mind his youth rendered him incapable of fulfilling what was being asked of him. This shrinking response came even though he had been trained from childhood for holy service.
The call to the prophetic office left Jeremiah with a deep sense of unworthiness and overwhelmed him with its magnitude. He responded that he was unable to speak for the task, because he was only a child. In his mind his youth rendered him incapable of fulfilling what was being asked of him. This shrinking response came even though he had been trained from childhood for holy service.