Jeremiah 1:4-19 - ESV Bible - Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,...

The Call of Jeremiah

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

5 ¹"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born ²I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet ³to the nations."

6 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, ⁴I do not know how to speak, ⁵for I am only a youth."

7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and ⁶whatever I command you, you shall speak.

8 ⁷Do not be afraid of them, ⁸for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD."

9 ⁹Then the LORD put out his hand and ¹⁰touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put ¹¹my words in your mouth.

10 See, I have set you this day ¹²over nations and over kingdoms, ¹³to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."

11 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ¹⁴"Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond^a branch."

12 Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."

13 The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see ¹⁵a boiling pot, facing away ¹⁶from the north."

14 Then the LORD said to me, ¹⁷"Out of the north disaster^b shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.

15 For behold, ¹⁸I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, ¹⁹and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

16 And ²⁰I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil ²¹in forsaking me. ²²They have made offerings to other gods and ²³worshiped the works of their own hands.

17 But you, ²⁴dress yourself for work;^c arise, and ²⁵say to them everything that I command you. ²⁶Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

18 And I, behold, I make you this day ²⁷a fortified city, ²⁸an iron pillar, and ²⁹bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

19 ³⁰They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for ³¹I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you."

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