The call
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. The LORD spoke to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came again in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, through to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until Jerusalem was carried off in the fifth month. Then the LORD spoke to me: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I set you apart and appointed you a prophet to the nations. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! I don’t know how to speak — I’m only a child.” But the LORD said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I’m only a child.’ You will go to everyone I send you to, and you will say whatever I command you. Don’t be afraid of their faces, because I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD. Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth. The LORD said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I have set you over nations and kingdoms: to root out and pull down, to destroy and throw down, to build and to plant.”
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. The word of the Lord came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came again in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, right through to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until Jerusalem was carried off in the fifth month. The word of the Lord came to me: Before I shaped you in the belly I knew you, and before you came out I set you apart. I've made you a prophet to the nations. And I said: Hang on, Lord God — I don't know how to speak. I'm only a boy. But the Lord said to me: Don't tell me you're only a boy. You'll go wherever I send you, and whatever I tell you, that's what you'll say. Don't be frightened of their faces, because I'm with you to get you out of it, declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: Look — I've put my words in your mouth. See what I've done today: I've set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pull up and pull down, to wreck and to overturn, to build and to plant.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 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. 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. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 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. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 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. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 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 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.
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
The LORD spoke to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
The word of the Lord came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
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.
It came again in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, through to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until Jerusalem was carried off in the fifth month.
It came again in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, right through to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until Jerusalem was carried off in the fifth month.
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.
Then the LORD spoke to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I set you apart and appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Before I shaped you in the belly I knew you, and before you came out I set you apart. I've made you 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.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! I don’t know how to speak — I’m only a child.”
And I said: Hang on, Lord God — I don't know how to speak. I'm only a boy.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
But the LORD said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I’m only a child.’ You will go to everyone I send you to, and you will say whatever I command you.
But the Lord said to me: Don't tell me you're only a boy. You'll go wherever I send you, and whatever I tell you, that's what you'll say.
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.
Don’t be afraid of their faces, because I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD.
Don't be frightened of their faces, because I'm with you to get you out of it, 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 and touched my mouth. The LORD said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.
Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: Look — I've 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, today I have set you over nations and kingdoms: to root out and pull down, to destroy and throw down, to build and to plant.”
See what I've done today: I've set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pull up and pull down, to wreck and to overturn, to build and to 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.
The almond branch and the boiling pot
And the LORD spoke to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a branch off an almond tree. Then the LORD said to me: You've seen it right, because I'm watching over my word to do it. And the LORD spoke to me a second time: What do you see? And I said: I see a pot on the boil, tipping this way from the north. Then the LORD said to me: Out of the north the trouble will boil over on everyone living in the land. Because look: I'm calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD. They'll come and each one will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all her walls round about and against all the cities of Judah. And I'll speak my judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they've walked out on me and burnt incense to other gods and bowed down to what their own hands made. So brace yourself. Stand up and tell them everything I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, or I will make you dismayed before them. Because look: today I've made you a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah and its officials, its priests and the people of the land. They'll fight you and they won't beat you, because I'm with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.
And the word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a branch off an almond tree. Then the Lord said to me: You've seen it right, because I'm watching over my word to do it. And the word of the Lord came to me a second time: What do you see? And I said: I see a pot on the boil, tipping this way from the north. Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north the trouble will boil over on everyone living in the land. Because look — I'm calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord. They'll come and each one will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all her walls round about and against all the towns of Judah. And I'll speak my judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they've walked out on me and burnt incense to other gods and bowed down to what their own hands made. So get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything I order you. Don't fall apart in front of them, or I'll break you apart in front of them. Because look — today I've made you a fortified town and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah and its officials, its priests and the people of the land. They'll fight you and they won't beat you, because I'm with you to get you out of it, declares the Lord.
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. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. 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 unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 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. 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. 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. 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. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
And the LORD spoke to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a branch off an almond tree.
And the word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a branch off an almond tree.
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.
Then the LORD said to me: You've seen it right, because I'm watching over my word to do it.
Then the Lord said to me: You've seen it right, because I'm watching over my word to do it.
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
And the LORD spoke to me a second time: What do you see? And I said: I see a pot on the boil, tipping this way from the north.
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time: What do you see? And I said: I see a pot on the boil, tipping this way 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: Out of the north the trouble will boil over on everyone living in the land.
Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north the trouble will boil over on everyone living 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.
Because look: I'm calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD. They'll come and each one will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all her walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.
Because look — I'm calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord. They'll come and each one will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all her walls round about and against all the towns 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.
And I'll speak my judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they've walked out on me and burnt incense to other gods and bowed down to what their own hands made.
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.
So brace yourself. Stand up and tell them everything I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, or I will make you dismayed before them.
So get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything I order you. Don't fall apart in front of them, or I'll break you apart in front of 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.
Because look: today I've made you a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah and its officials, its priests and the people of the land.
Because look — today I've made you a fortified town and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah and 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'll fight you and they won't beat you, because I'm with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.
They'll fight you and they won't beat you, because I'm with you to get you out of it, 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.