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Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah's Call and Commission

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The words of  aJeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in  bAnathoth in the land of Benjamin,

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to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of  aJosiah the son of  bAmon, king of Judah, in the  cthirteenth year of his reign.

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It came also in the days of  aJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of  bZedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

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Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Before I  aformed you in the womb I knew you, And  bbefore you were born I consecrated you; I have  cappointed you a prophet to the nations."

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Then  aI said, "Alas, Lord  1GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because  bI am a youth."

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But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, `I am a youth,'  aBecause everywhere I send you, you shall go, And  ball that I command you, you shall speak.

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aDo not be afraid of them, For  bI am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

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Then the LORD stretched out His hand and  atouched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have  bput My words in your mouth.

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"See,  aI have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,  bTo pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow,  cTo build and to plant."

The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

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The word of the LORD came to me saying, "What do you see,  aJeremiah?" And I said, "I see a rod of an  1almond tree."

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Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for  aI am  1watching over My word to perform it."

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The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, " aWhat do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling  bpot, facing away from the north."

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Then the LORD said to me, " aOut of the north the evil  1will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

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"For, behold, I am calling  aall the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares the LORD; "and they will come and they will  bset each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the  ccities of Judah.

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"I will  1pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have  aforsaken Me and have  2 boffered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the  cworks of their own hands.

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"Now,  agird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you.  bDo not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.

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"Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

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"They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for  aI am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.



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