Calling to Service
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,…


Like as a sword being committed into the hands of a soldier, by the captain general, he is not to smite before he be commanded to fight, and before the trumpet be sounded to battle: even so, though a man have excellences given him, yet he is not to execute any function, especially publicly, before he receive a particular warrant and calling from God (Revelation 16:1). As the ostrich hath wings and flieth not; so some men have a calling, but they answer it not; they have knowledge, but they practise it not; they have words, but they work not.

(J. Spencer.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

WEB: Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,




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