| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. | 1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, |
| 2The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, | 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. |
| 3and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. | 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month. |
| 4The word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 4Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, |
| 5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." | 5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." |
| 6"Alas, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am too young." | 6Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth." |
| 7But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. | 7But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. |
| 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. | 8"Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. |
| 9Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put my words in your mouth. | 9Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. |
| 10See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." | 10"See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant." |
| 11The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied. | 11The word of the LORD came to me saying, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I see a rod of an almond tree." |
| 12The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled." | 12Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it." |
| 13The word of the LORD came to me again: "What do you see?" "I see a pot that is boiling," I answered. "It is tilting toward us from the north." | 13The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north." |
| 14The LORD said to me, "From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. | 14Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. |
| 15I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms," declares the LORD. "Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah. | 15"For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares the LORD; "and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah. |
| 16I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made. | 16"I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands. |
| 17"Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. | 17"Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. |
| 18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land--against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. | 18"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. |
| 19They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. | 19"They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. |
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