The Prophet Is Called

4Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.   GAL 1:15

6Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.   Adonai^p.f. Jehovah^s.f.

7But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak.

8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.

9Then the Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

10See, I have this day set you 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.

11Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.   branch

12Then said the Lord to me, You have well seen: for I will hasten My word to perform it.   watch over

13And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.   boiling

14Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

15For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says 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.

16And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.   concerning

17You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.

18For, behold, I have made you this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 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.   fortified, walled; bronze

19And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.