1Jeremiah 1

1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:Select Jeremiah 1:1

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.Select Jeremiah 1:2

3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.Select Jeremiah 1:3

4Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Select Jeremiah 1:4

5Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.Select Jeremiah 1:5

6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. ¶Select Jeremiah 1:6

7But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you you shall speak.Select Jeremiah 1:7

8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.Select Jeremiah 1:8

9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.Select Jeremiah 1:9

10See, I have this day set you 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. ¶Select Jeremiah 1:10

11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.Select Jeremiah 1:11

12Then said the LORD to me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.Select Jeremiah 1:12

13And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.Select Jeremiah 1:13

14Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.Select Jeremiah 1:14

15For, see, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says 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.Select Jeremiah 1:15

16And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. ¶Select Jeremiah 1:16

17You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.Select Jeremiah 1:17

18For, behold, I have made you this day a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 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.Select Jeremiah 1:18

19And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.Select Jeremiah 1:19