1Jeremiah 1

CHAP. I. / 1 The time, 3 and the calling of Ieremiah: 11 His propheticall visions of an Almond rod, and a seething pot: 15 His heauy message against Iudah. 17 God incourageth him with his promise of a

1The wordes of Ieremiah the sonne of Hilkiah, of the Priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Beniamin:Select Jeremiah 1:1

2To whom the word of the Lord came in the dayes of Iosiah the sonne of Amon king of Iudah, in the thirteenth yeere of his reigne.Select Jeremiah 1:2

3It came also in the dayes of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, vnto the ende of the eleuenth yeere of Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, vnto the carrying away of Ierusalem captiue in the fift moneth.Select Jeremiah 1:3

4Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,Select Jeremiah 1:4

5Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and I ordeined thee a Prophet vnto the nations.Select Jeremiah 1:5

6Then said I, Ah Lord God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a childe.Select Jeremiah 1:6

7But the Lord sayd vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, thou shalt speake.Select Jeremiah 1:7

8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the Lord.Select Jeremiah 1:8

9Then the Lord put foorth his hand, and touched my mouth, and the Lord said vnto me, Behold, I haue put my words in thy mouth.Select Jeremiah 1:9

10See, I haue this day set thee ouer the nations, and ouer the kingdomes, to roote out, and to pull downe, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant.Select Jeremiah 1:10

11Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying; Ieremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rodde of an almond tree.Select Jeremiah 1:11

12Then said the Lord vnto me, Thou hast well seene: for I will hasten my word to performe it.Select Jeremiah 1:12

13And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee the second time, saying; What seest thou? And I said; I see a seething pot, and the face thereof was towards the North.Select Jeremiah 1:13

14Then the Lord said vnto me; Out of the North an euill shal breake foorth vpon all the inhabitants of the land.Select Jeremiah 1:14

15For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and they shall set euery one his throne at the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and against all the walles thereof round about, & against all the cities of Iudah.Select Jeremiah 1:15

16And I will vtter my iudgements against them touching all their wickednesse, who haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne hands.Select Jeremiah 1:16

17Thou therefore gird vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.Select Jeremiah 1:17

18For behold, I haue made thee this day a defenced citie, and an yron pillar, and brasen walles against the whole land, against the kings of Iudah, against the princes thereof, against the Priests thereof, and against the people of the land.Select Jeremiah 1:18

19And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee, sayth the Lord, to deliuer thee.Select Jeremiah 1:19