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The words[H1697] of Jeremiah[H3414] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], of the priests[H3548] that were in Anathoth[H6068] in the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144]:
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To whom the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came in the days[H3117] of Josiah[H2977] the son[H1121] of Amon[H526]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], in the thirteenth[H7969]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427].
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It came also in the days[H3117] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], unto the end[H8552] of the eleventh[H6249]year[H8141] of Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], unto the carrying away[H1540] of Jerusalem[H3389]captive[H1540] in the fifth[H2549]month[H2320].
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Then the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
5Before[H2962] I formed[H3335] thee in the belly[H990] I knew[H3045] thee; and before[H2962] thou camest forth[H3318] out of the womb[H7358] I sanctified[H6942] thee, and I ordained[H5414] thee a prophet[H5030] unto the nations[H1471].
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Then said[H559] I, Ah[H162], Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]! behold, I cannot[H3045]speak[H1696]: for I am a child[H5288].
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But the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Say[H559] not, I am a child[H5288]: for thou shalt go[H3212] to all that I shall send[H7971] thee, and whatsoever I command[H6680] thee thou shalt speak[H1696].
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Be not afraid[H3372] of their faces[H6440]: for I am with thee to deliver[H5337] thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Then the LORD[H3068]put[H5414]forth[H7971] his hand[H3027], and touched[H5060] my mouth[H6310]. And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Behold, I have put[H5414] my words[H1697] in thy mouth[H6310].
10See[H7200], I have this day[H3117]set[H6485] thee over the nations[H1471] and over the kingdoms[H4467], to root out[H5428], and to pull down[H5422], and to destroy[H6], and to throw down[H2040], to build[H1129], and to plant[H5193].
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Moreover the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559], Jeremiah[H3414], what seest[H7200] thou? And I said[H559], I see[H7200] a rod[H4731] of an almond tree[H8247].
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Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me, Thou hast well[H3190]seen[H7200]: for I will hasten[H8245] my word[H1697] to perform[H6213] it.
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me the second time[H8145], saying[H559], What seest[H7200] thou? And I said[H559], I see[H7200] a seething[H5301]pot[H5518]; and the face[H6440] thereof is toward[H6440] the north[H6828].
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Then the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Out of the north[H6828] an evil[H7451] shall break forth[H6605] upon all the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776].
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For, lo, I will call[H7121] all the families[H4940] of the kingdoms[H4467] of the north[H6828], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and they shall come[H935], and they shall set[H5414] every one[H376] his throne[H3678] at the entering[H6607] of the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389], and against all the walls[H2346] thereof round about[H5439], and against all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063].
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And I will utter[H1696] my judgments[H4941] against them touching[H5921] all their wickedness[H7451], who have forsaken[H5800] me, and have burned incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430], and worshipped[H7812] the works[H4639] of their own hands[H3027].
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Thou therefore gird up[H247] thy loins[H4975], and arise[H6965], and speak[H1696] unto them all that I command[H6680] thee: be not dismayed[H2865] at their faces[H6440], lest I confound[H2865] thee before[H6440] them.
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For, behold, I[H589] have made[H5414] thee this day[H3117] a defenced[H4013]city[H5892], and an iron[H1270]pillar[H5982], and brasen[H5178]walls[H2346] against the whole land[H776], against the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], against the princes[H8269] thereof, against the priests[H3548] thereof, and against the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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And they shall fight[H3898] against thee; but they shall not prevail[H3201] against thee; for I am with thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], to deliver[H5337] thee.