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Jeremiah 1 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

1 The words of ^(A)Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in ^(B)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, ²to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^(C)Josiah the son of ^(D)Amon, king of Judah, in the ^(E)thirteenth year of his reign. ³It came also in the days of ^(F)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of ^(G)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

⁴Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

⁵“Before I ^(H)formed you in the womb I knew you,
And ^(I)before you were born I consecrated you;
I have ^(J)appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
⁶Then ^(K)I said, “Oh, Lord ^[a]God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because ^(L)I am a youth.”
⁷But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
^(M)Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And ^(N)all that I command you, you shall speak.
⁸^(O)Do not be afraid of them,
For ^(P)I am with you to save you,” declares the Lord.

⁹Then the Lord stretched out His hand and ^(Q)touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,

“Behold, I have ^(R)put My words in your mouth.
¹⁰See, ^(S)I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
^(T)To root out and to tear down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
^(U)To build and to plant.”

The Almond Branch and Boiling Pot

¹¹And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, ^(V)Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an ^[b]almond tree.” ¹²Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for ^(W)I am ^[c]watching over My word to perform it.”

¹³And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “^(X)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling ^(Y)pot, facing away from the north.” ¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “^(Z)Out of the north the evil ^[d]will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁵For, behold, I am calling ^(AA)all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and ^(AB)place, each one of them, his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls around, and against all the ^(AC)cities of Judah. ¹⁶And I will ^[e]pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, since they have ^(AD)abandoned Me and have ^[f]^(AE)offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the ^(AF)works of their own hands. ¹⁷Now, ^(AG)belt your garment around your waist and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. ^(AH)Do not be dismayed before them, or I will make you dismayed before them. ¹⁸Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like a pillar of iron and walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, to its priests, and to the people of the land. ¹⁹And they will fight against you but they will not overcome you, for ^(AI)I am with you to save you,” declares the Lord.

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