Jeremiah 1
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The Commission of Jeremiah
1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth # 1Ki 2:26 in the land of Benjamin, # 1Ch 6:60 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. 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, # 2Ki 23:34; 2Ch 36:5–8 king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; # Ps 71:5–6; Isa 49:1
and before you were born I sanctified you,
and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” # Gal 1:15–16
6Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” # Ex 6:12
7But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth.’ For you shall go everywhere that I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. # Nu 22:20 8Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,” # Ex 3:12; Jos 1:5 says the Lord.
9Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. # Ex 4:11–12, 15–16; Isa 6:7 And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. # Dt 18:18; Eze 3:1–4 10Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.” # Jer 18:7–10; 24:6; 31:28
The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot
11Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” # Am 7:8; Zec 4:2; 5:2
And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I will hasten My word to perform it.”
13The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?”
And I said, “I see a boiling pot, # Eze 11:3, 7 and it is facing away from the north.”
14Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north calamity will break forth # Isa 41:25; Jer 4:6 on all the inhabitants of the land. 15For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord.
And they will come and they will set each one his throne
at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,
and against all the walls all around,
and against all the cities of Judah. # Jer 4:16; 9:11
16I will utter My judgments against them
concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me
and have burned incense to other gods, # Jer 7:9; 19:4
and have worshipped the works of their own hands.
17You therefore gird up your loins # 1Ki 18:46; Job 38:3 and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them. 18For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city # Jer 6:27 and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the officials, against the priests, and against the people of the land. 19They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you. # Jer 1:8
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