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The Book of Jeremiah 1

1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, from the priests that are in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 which was the word of Yahweh to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 And it happened in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

4 And the word of Yahweh was to me, saying,

5 “Before I formed you in the belly, I chose you,

and before you came out from the womb I set you apart;

I made you a prophet to the nations.”

6 And I said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a young lad.”

7 But Yahweh said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a young lad,’ but according to all that I shall send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to rescue you”—the declaration of Yahweh.

9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched on my mouth. And Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have placed my word in your mouth. 10 Look, I am appointing you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

11 And the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see an almond branch.” 12 And Yahweh said to me, “You have done well to see, for I am watching over my word to do it.”

13 And the word of Yahweh was to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a blown-on pot and its face is away from the face of the north.” 14 And Yahweh said to me, “From the north disaster will be released on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, I am calling to all the clans of the kingdoms of the north”—the declaration of Yahweh. “And they will come, and each man will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its surrounding walls and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And I shall speak my judgment against them according to all their evil in which they abandoned me and burned incense to other gods, and worshipped what they made with their own hands. 17 So you yourself shall gird your loins, and stand up and say to them all that I myself shall command you! Do not be dismayed from before their faces lest I dismay you before their faces! 18 And I—behold!—I have given you today a city of fortification and an iron pillar and bronze walls against all the land—for the kings of Judah, for its officials, for its priests, and for the people of the land. 19 And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I will be with you to rescue you—the declaration of Yahweh.”