Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
There is no resistance on Jeremiah' s part, but he shrinks back alarmed.
I cannot speak - i. e., "I cannot prophesy," I have not those powers of oratory necessary for success. The prophets of Israel were the national preachers in religious matters, and their orators in political.
I am a child - This implies nothing very definite about Jeremiah' s age. Still the long duration of his prophetic mission makes it probable that he was very young when called to the office, as also were Isaiah, Hosea, Zechariah, and others.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 1:6:
Isaiah 6:5
Hosea 1:3
Zechariah 2:4
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