<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s>, <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="6068">Anathoth</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>To <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="526">Amon</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, in the <sn="7969 6240">thirteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of his <sn="4427">reign</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>It <sn="1961">came</s> also in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="8552">end</s> of the <sn="6249 6240">eleventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="5704">unto</s> the carrying <sn="1540">away</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> captive in the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="2320">month</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2962">Before</s> I <sn="3335">formed</s> thee in the <sn="990">belly</s> I <sn="3045">knew</s> thee; and <sn="2962">before</s> thou camest <sn="3318">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 7358">womb</s> I <sn="6942">sanctified</s> thee, and I <sn="5414">ordained</s> thee a <sn="5030">prophet</s> unto the <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, <sn="162">Ah</s>, <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>! <sn="2009">behold</s>, I <sn="3808 3045">cannot</s><sn="1696">speak</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="595">I</s> am a <sn="5288">child</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>But the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">Say</s><sn="408">not</s>, <sn="595">I</s> am a <sn="5288">child</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou shalt <sn="1980">go</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I shall <sn="7971">send</s> thee, and <sn="3605 834">whatsoever</s> I <sn="6680">command</s> thee thou shalt <sn="1696">speak</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Be <sn="408">not</s><sn="3372">afraid</s> of their <sn="4480 6440">faces</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am <sn="854">with</s> thee to <sn="5337">deliver</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then the <sn="3068">LORD</s> put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="5060 5921">touched</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="5414">put</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> in thy <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="7200">See</s>, I have <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="6485">set</s> thee <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> and <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s>, to root <sn="5428">out</s>, and to pull <sn="5422">down</s>, and to <sn="6">destroy</s>, and to throw <sn="2040">down</s>, to <sn="1129">build</s>, and to <sn="5193">plant</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Moreover the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="4100">what</s><sn="7200">seest</s><sn="859">thou</s>? And I <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">see</s> a <sn="4731">rod</s> of an almond <sn="8247">tree</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, Thou hast <sn="3190">well</s><sn="7200">seen</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="8245 5921">hasten</s> my <sn="1697">word</s> to <sn="6213">perform</s> it. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me the second <sn="8145">time</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="7200">seest</s><sn="859">thou</s>? And I <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">see</s> a <sn="5301">seething</s><sn="5518">pot</s>; and the <sn="6440">face</s> thereof is <sn="4480 6440">toward</s> the <sn="6828">north</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, Out of the <sn="4480 6828">north</s> an <sn="7451">evil</s> shall break <sn="6605">forth</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, I will <sn="7121">call</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4940">families</s> of the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and they shall <sn="935">come</s>, and they shall <sn="5414">set</s> every <sn="376">one</s> his <sn="3678">throne</s> at the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gates</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> thereof round <sn="5439">about</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And I will <sn="1696">utter</s> my <sn="4941">judgments</s> against them <sn="5921">touching</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="7451">wickedness</s>, <sn="834">who</s> have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and have burned <sn="6999">incense</s> unto <sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s> the <sn="4639">works</s> of their own <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="859">Thou</s> therefore gird <sn="247">up</s> thy <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="6965">arise</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> them <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee: be <sn="408">not</s><sn="2865">dismayed</s> at their <sn="4480 6440">faces</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> I <sn="2865">confound</s> thee <sn="6440">before</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="589">For</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I have <sn="5414">made</s> thee this <sn="3117">day</s> a <sn="4013">defensed</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and an <sn="1270">iron</s><sn="5982">pillar</s>, and <sn="5178">brazen</s><sn="2346">walls</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s>, against the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, against the <sn="8269">princes</s> thereof, against the <sn="3548">priests</s> thereof, and against the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And they shall <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="413">against</s> thee; but they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3201">prevail</s> against thee; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am <sn="854">with</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="5337">deliver</s> thee. </v>