Text: Jeremiah 1:6-9
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 18:18
Subject: prophetic commissioning and divine words in the mouth
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Deut 18:15-19 — A Prophet Like Moses
Significance: The entire sequence of Jeremiah 1:6-9 is structured as a fulfillment of Deuteronomy 18:18. God's promise to raise up a prophet and "put My words in his mouth" (וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו, venatatti devarai befiv) is enacted literally when God touches Jeremiah's mouth and declares "I have put My words in your mouth" (נָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיךָ, natatti devarai befika). The near-identical Hebrew phrasing — differing only in the pronominal suffix — signals that Jeremiah's commissioning is a concrete instantiation of the Mosaic prophetic office. God's command that Jeremiah speak "everything I command you" (v. 7) further echoes Deuteronomy 18:18's "everything I command him," confirming Jeremiah as a Deuteronomic prophet who mediates God's word to the people.
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Text: Deuteronomy 18:18
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 1:6-9
Subject: God putting words in the prophet's mouth
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Deut 18:15-19 — A Prophet Like Moses
Significance: God promises in Deuteronomy 18:18, "I will put My words in his mouth" (וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו, venatatti devaray befiv), describing how the promised prophet will function. Jeremiah 1:9 fulfills this promise verbatim: "Then the LORD reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said, 'I have put My words in your mouth' (נָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיךָ, natatti devaray befikha)." The shared phrase—God placing divine words in a human mouth—constitutes a near-exact verbal parallel between promise and fulfillment. Jeremiah's call narrative presents him as one who stands in the line of the prophets Moses promised, receiving God's words directly rather than speaking from his own authority. Jeremiah's initial protest about his youth (1:6) echoes Moses's own reluctance, reinforcing the pattern of divine commissioning over human inadequacy.