Jer 1:5 | NET2full | STEP | “ Before I formed you in your mother’s womb , I chose you. Before you were born , I set you apart . I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations .”

Jeremiah 1:5

5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb, ^{▼▼tn Heb “the womb.” The words “your mother’s” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.} I chose you. ^{▼▼tn Heb “I knew you.” The parallelism here with “set you apart” and “appointed you” make clear that Jeremiah is speaking of his foreordination to be a prophet. For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2.}
Before you were born, I set you apart.
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”