Jer 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin ,

‏ Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

1 The words of ^aJeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in ^bAnathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^cJosiah the son of ^dAmon, king of Judah, in the ^ethirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of ^fJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of ^gZedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 “Before I ^hformed you in the womb I knew you,
And ⁱbefore you were born I consecrated you;
I have ^jappointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then ^kI said, “Alas, Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because ^mI am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
ⁿBecause everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And ^oall that I command you, you shall speak.
8 ^p“Do not be afraid of them,
For ^qI am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

9 Then the Lord stretched out His hand and ^rtouched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have ^sput My words in your mouth.
10 “See, ^tI have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
^uTo pluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
^vTo build and to plant.”

The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

11 The word of the Lord came to me saying, “What do you see, ^wJeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an ^{▼▼ Heb shaqed}almond tree.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for ^yI am ^{▼▼ Heb shoqed}watching over My word to perform it.”

13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time saying, ^aa“What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling ^abpot, facing away from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, ^ac“Out of the north the evil ^{▼▼ Lit will be opened}will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 “For, behold, I am calling ^aeall the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and they will ^afset each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the ^agcities of Judah. 16 “I will ^{▼▼ Lit speak}pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have ^aiforsaken Me and have ^{▼▼ Or burned incense
,} ^akoffered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the ^alworks of their own hands. 17 “Now, ^amgird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. ^anDo not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. 18 “Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. 19 “They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for ^aoI am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.