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Chapter 1 |
| 1 | The words of
Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land
of Benjamin: |
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| 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. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 4 | Then the word
of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Then said I,
Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Be not afraid
of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. |
| 9 |
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.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
