| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: | 1The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. |
| 2To 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. | 2This message from the LORD came to him during the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah, |
| 3It 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. | 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. |
| 4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, | 4This message from the LORD came to me: |
| 5Before 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. | 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." |
| 6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. | 6I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man." |
| 7But 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. | 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. |
| 8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. | 8Don't be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. |
| 9Then 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. | 9The LORD stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and then told me, "Look, I've put my words in your mouth. |
| 10See, 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. | 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." |
| 11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. | 11This message from the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I replied, "I see an almond branch." |
| 12Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. | 12The LORD told me, "You have observed well, because I'm watching over my message, to make sure it comes about." |
| 13And 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. | 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." |
| 14Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. | 14Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land, |
| 15For, 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. | 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. |
| 16And 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. | 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." |
| 17Thou 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. | 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. |
| 18For, 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. | 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. |
| 19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. | 19They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, because I am with you," declares the LORD, "to deliver you." |
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