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Jeremiah 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

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The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

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Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

And before you were born I consecrated you;

I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

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Then I said, “Oh, Lord [fn]GOD!

Behold, I do not know how to speak,

Because I am a youth.”

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But the LORD said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’

Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,

And all that I command you, you shall speak.

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“Do not be afraid of them,

For I am with you to save you,” declares the LORD.

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Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me,

“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

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“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To root out and to tear down,

To destroy and to overthrow,

To build and to plant.”

The Almond Branch and Boiling Pot

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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an [fn]almond tree.”

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And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north the evil [fn]will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD; “and they will come and 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 cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - “And I will [fn]pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, since they have abandoned Me and have [fn]offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - “Now, belt your garment around your waist and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will make you dismayed before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - “Now 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.

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NASB20 Footnotes
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Heb shaqed, see note v 12
Heb shoqed, a wordplay on almond in v 11 (see note v 11)
Lit opened
Lit speak
Or burned incense
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Jeremiah Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras