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| 1The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. | 1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. |
| 2This message from the LORD came to him during the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah, | 2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, |
| 3and during the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and continued until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month, at the end of the eleventh year of the reign of Josiah's son Zedekiah, the king of Judah. | 3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. |
| 4This message from the LORD came to me: | 4The word of the LORD came to me, saying: |
| 5"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." | 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” |
| 6I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man." | 6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” |
| 7Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, 'I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you. | 7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak. |
| 8Don't be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. | 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. |
| 9The LORD stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and then told me, "Look, I've put my words in your mouth. | 9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. |
| 10See, today I've appointed you to prophesy about nations and kingdoms, to pull up and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." | 10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.” |
| 11This message from the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I replied, "I see an almond branch." | 11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied. |
| 12The LORD told me, "You have observed well, because I'm watching over my message, to make sure it comes about." | 12“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.” |
| 13This message from the LORD came to me a second time: "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a boiling pot, and its mouth is tilted away from the north." | 13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.” |
| 14Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land, | 14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land. |
| 15because I'm about to summon all the families and kingdoms from the north," declares the LORD. "They'll come and each one will set up his seat at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all of its surrounding walls, and against all of the towns of Judah. | 15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah. |
| 16"I'll pronounce my judgments against them because of all their wickedness. They have forsaken me, they have burned incense to other gods, and they have bowed down in worship to the works of their own hands." | 16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands. |
| 17"As for you, get ready! Stand up and tell them everything that I've commanded you. Don't be frightened as you face them, or I'll frighten you right in front of them. | 17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them. |
| 18"As for me, today I'm making you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. | 18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. |
| 19They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, because I am with you," declares the LORD, "to deliver you." | 19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. |
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