Read Jeremiah 1

World English Bible · 19 verses

1. ¹ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ “You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org