The words of
Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that
were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
02 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days
of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the
thirteenth year of his reign.
03 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the
eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king
of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem
captive in the fifth month.
04 Then the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
05 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
06 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot
speak: for I am a child.
07 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a
child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send
thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt
speak.
08 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with
thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
09 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched
my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I
have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations
and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull
down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to
build, and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I
see a rod of an almond tree.
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12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well
seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the
second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said,
I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is
toward the north.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north
an evil shall break forth upon all the
inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the
kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they
shall come, and they shall set every one his
throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem,
and against all the walls thereof round about,
and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them
touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and
worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise,
and speak unto them all that I command thee: be
not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee
before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a
defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen
walls against the whole land, against the kings
of Judah, against the princes thereof, against
the priests thereof, and against the people of
the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they
shall not prevail against thee; for I am with
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
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