Jeremiah 1:1-19

1 ¶ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: words^H1697 Jeremiah^H3414 son^H1121 Hilkiah^H2518 priests^H3548 Anathoth^H6068 land^H776 Benjamin^H1144

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. word^H1697 LORD^H3068 days^H3117 Josiah^H2977 son^H1121 Amon^H526 king^H4428 Judah^H3063 thirteenth^H7969 thirteenth^H6240 year^H8141 reign^H4427

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. days^H3117 Jehoiakim^H3079 son^H1121 Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 Judah^H3063 end^H8552 eleventh^H6249 eleventh^H6240 year^H8141 Zedekiah^H6667 son^H1121 Josiah^H2977 king^H4428 Judah^H3063 away^H1540 Jerusalem^H3389 captive^H1540 fifth^H2549 month^H2320

4 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, word^H1697 LORD^H3068 saying^H559

5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Before^H2962 formed^H3335 belly^H990 knew^H3045 forth^H3318 womb^H7358 sanctified^H6942 ordained^H5414 prophet^H5030 nations^H1471

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. said^H559 Ah^H162 Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 cannot^H3045 speak^H1696 child^H5288

7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. LORD^H3068 said^H559 Say^H559 child^H5288 go^H3212 send^H7971 command^H6680 speak^H1696

8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. afraid^H3372 faces^H6440 deliver^H5337 saith^H5002 LORD^H3068

9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. LORD^H3068 forth^H7971 hand^H3027 touched^H5060 mouth^H6310 LORD^H3068 said^H559 put^H5414 words^H1697 mouth^H6310

10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. See^H7200 day^H3117 set^H6485 nations^H1471 kingdoms^H4467 out^H5428 down^H5422 destroy^H6 down^H2040 build^H1129 plant^H5193

11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. word^H1697 LORD^H3068 saying^H559 Jeremiah^H3414 seest^H7200 said^H559 see^H7200 rod^H4731 tree^H8247

12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. said^H559 LORD^H3068 well^H3190 seen^H7200 hasten^H8245 word^H1697 perform^H6213

13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. word^H1697 LORD^H3068 time^H8145 saying^H559 seest^H7200 said^H559 see^H7200 seething^H5301 pot^H5518 face^H6440 toward^H6440 north^H6828

14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. LORD^H3068 said^H559 north^H6828 evil^H7451 forth^H6605 inhabitants^H3427 land^H776

15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. call^H7121 families^H4940 kingdoms^H4467 north^H6828 saith^H5002 LORD^H3068 come^H935 set^H5414 one^H376 throne^H3678 entering^H6607 gates^H8179 Jerusalem^H3389 walls^H2346 about^H5439 cities^H5892 Judah^H3063

16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. utter^H1696 judgments^H4941 touching^H5921 wickedness^H7451 forsaken^H5800 incense^H6999 other^H312 gods^H430 worshipped^H7812 works^H4639 hands^H3027

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. up^H247 loins^H4975 arise^H6965 speak^H1696 command^H6680 dismayed^H2865 faces^H6440 confound^H2865 before^H6440

18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. I^H589 made^H5414 day^H3117 defenced^H4013 city^H5892 iron^H1270 pillar^H5982 brasen^H5178 walls^H2346 land^H776 kings^H4428 Judah^H3063 princes^H8269 priests^H3548 people^H5971 land^H776

19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. fight^H3898 prevail^H3201 saith^H5002 LORD^H3068 deliver^H5337