Dual Panel1The words <01697> of Jeremiah <03414> the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>_, of the priests <03548> that [were] in Anathoth <06068> in the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>_:
2To whom the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came in the days <03117> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Amon <0526> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, in the thirteenth <07969> <06240> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800)_.
3It came also in the days <03117> of Jehoiakim <03079> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, unto the end <08552> (8800) of the eleventh <06249> <06240> year <08141> of Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, unto the carrying away <01540> (0) of Jerusalem <03389> captive <01540> (8800) in the fifth <02549> month <02320>_.
4Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto me, saying <0559> (8800)_,
5Before <02962> I formed <03335> (8799) thee in the belly <0990> I knew <03045> (8804) thee; and before thou camest forth <03318> (8799) out of the womb <07358> I sanctified <06942> (8689) thee, [and] I ordained <05414> (8804) thee a prophet <05030> unto the nations <01471>_. {ordained: Heb. gave}
6Then said <0559> (8799) I, Ah <0162>_, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_! behold, I cannot <03045> (8804) speak <01696> (8763)_: for I [am] a child <05288>_.
7But the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto me, Say <0559> (8799) not, I [am] a child <05288>_: for thou shalt go <03212> (8799) to all that I shall send <07971> (8799) thee, and whatsoever I command <06680> (8762) thee thou shalt speak <01696> (8762)_.
8Be not afraid <03372> (8799) of their faces <06440>_: for I [am] with thee to deliver <05337> (8687) thee, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_.
9Then the LORD <03068> put forth <07971> (8799) his hand <03027>_, and touched <05060> (8686) my mouth <06310>_. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto me, Behold, I have put <05414> (8804) my words <01697> in thy mouth <06310>_.
10See <07200> (8798)_, I have this day <03117> set <06485> (8689) thee over the nations <01471> and over the kingdoms <04467>_, to root out <05428> (8800)_, and to pull down <05422> (8800)_, and to destroy <06> (8687)_, and to throw down <02040> (8800)_, to build <01129> (8800)_, and to plant <05193> (8800)_.
11Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto me, saying <0559> (8800)_, Jeremiah <03414>_, what seest <07200> (8802) thou? And I said <0559> (8799)_, I see <07200> (8802) a rod <04731> of an almond tree <08247>_.
12Then said <0559> (8799) the LORD <03068> unto me, Thou hast well <03190> (8689) seen <07200> (8800)_: for I will hasten <08245> (8802) my word <01697> to perform <06213> (8800) it.
13And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto me the second time <08145>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, What seest <07200> (8802) thou? And I said <0559> (8799)_, I see <07200> (8802) a seething <05301> (8803) pot <05518>_; and the face <06440> thereof [is] toward <06440> the north <06828>_. {toward...: Heb. from the face of the north}
14Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto me, Out of the north <06828> an evil <07451> shall break forth <06605> (8735) upon all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>_. {shall...: Heb. shall be opened}
15For, lo, I will call <07121> (8802) all the families <04940> of the kingdoms <04467> of the north <06828>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_; and they shall come <0935> (8804)_, and they shall set <05414> (8804) every one <0376> his throne <03678> at the entering <06607> of the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>_, and against all the walls <02346> thereof round about <05439>_, and against all the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_.
16And I will utter <01696> (8765) my judgments <04941> against them touching <05921> all their wickedness <07451>_, who have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and have burned incense <06999> (8762) unto other <0312> gods <0430>_, and worshipped <07812> (8691) the works <04639> of their own hands <03027>_.
17Thou therefore gird up <0247> (8799) thy loins <04975>_, and arise <06965> (8804)_, and speak <01696> (8765) unto them all that I command <06680> (8762) thee: be not dismayed <02865> (8735) at their faces <06440>_, lest I confound <02865> (8686) thee before <06440> them. {confound: or, break to pieces}
18For, behold, I <0589> have made <05414> (8804) thee this day <03117> a defenced <04013> city <05892>_, and an iron <01270> pillar <05982>_, and brasen <05178> walls <02346> against the whole land <0776>_, against the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>_, against the princes <08269> thereof, against the priests <03548> thereof, and against the people <05971> of the land <0776>_.
19And they shall fight <03898> (8738) against thee; but they shall not prevail <03201> (8799) against thee; for I [am] with thee, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_, to deliver <05337> (8687) thee.