Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
These
are
the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one
of the priests in Anathoth in the territory
of Benjamin .
The words of Jeremiah the
son of Hilkiah, of the priests that
were
in Anathoth in the land
of Benjamin :
The word of the LORD came to
Jeremiah
in the thirteenth
year
of
the
reign
of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
To
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.
and
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
.
It
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
.
The word of the LORD came to
me, saying :
Then
the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying ,
“
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. ”
Before 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.
“
Ah, Lord GOD ,”
I
said
, “
I surely
do
not
know
how
to
speak ,
for I am only
a child !”
Then
said
I,
Ah, Lord GOD !
behold
, I cannot
speak :
for I am a child .
But 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.
But 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.
Do
not
be afraid of them,
for I am with you
to deliver you
, ”
declares
the LORD.
Be not
afraid of their
faces:
for I am with thee
to deliver thee
, saith
the LORD.
Then the LORD reached
out
His hand, touched my mouth ,
and said to
me :
“
Behold, I have put My words in your
mouth.
Then 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.
See, I have appointed
you
today
over nations and kingdoms to uproot
and tear
down, to destroy and overthrow
, to build and plant. ”
See, 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.
And
the word of the LORD came to
me, asking
, “
Jeremiah, what do
you
see
? ”
“
I see a branch
of an almond tree ,”
I
replied
.
Moreover
the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying
, Jeremiah, what seest
thou
? And
I said,
I
see a rod
of an almond tree.
“You
have
observed
correctly,”
said the LORD, “
for I am
watching
over
My word to accomplish
it. ”
Then
said the LORD unto
me
, Thou
hast
well
seen:
for I will
hasten
my word to perform
it.
Again
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. ”
And
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.
Then the LORD said to
me, “Disaster
from
the north will
be
poured
out
on
all who
live
in
the land.
Then the LORD said unto
me, Out
of
the north an
evil
shall
break
forth
upon
all the inhabitants
of
the
land.
For 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.
For ,
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.
I 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.
And
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.
Get
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.
Thou
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.
Now
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.
For,
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.
They will
fight against you
but will
never
overcome
you,
since
I am with you
to
deliver
you
, ”
declares
the LORD.
And
they shall
fight against thee;
but they
shall
not
prevail
against
thee;
for
I am with thee
, saith
the LORD ,
to
deliver
thee
.
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