Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
gird . . . loins—resolutely prepare for thy appointed task. Metaphor from the flowing robes worn in the East, which have to be girt up with a girdle, so as not to incommode one, when undertaking any active work (Job 38:3; Luke 12:35; I Peter 1:13).
dismayed . . . confound—the same Hebrew word; literally, "to break." Be not dismayed at their faces (before them), lest I make thee dismayed before their faces (before them), that is, "lest I should permit thee to be overcome by them" (compare Jeremiah 49:37).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 1:17:
Jeremiah 1:7
Ezekiel 3:9
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