The wordsof Jeremiahthe sonof Hilkiah, ofthe prieststhat were in Anathothin the landof Benjamin: To whomthe wordof the LORDcamein the daysof Josiahthe sonof Amonkingof Judah, in the thirteenthyearof his reign. It camealso in the daysof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiahkingof Judah, untothe endof the eleventhyearof Zedekiahthe sonof Josiahkingof Judah, untothe carrying awayof Jerusalemcaptive in the fifthmonth. Then the wordof the LORDcameuntome, saying, BeforeI formedthee in the bellyI knewthee; and beforethou camest forthout of the wombI sanctifiedthee, and I ordainedthee a prophetunto the nations. Then saidI, Ah, LordGOD! behold, I cannotspeak: forI am a child. But the LORDsaiduntome, Saynot, I am a child: forthou shalt gotoallthatI shall sendthee, and whatsoeverI commandthee thou shalt speak. Be notafraidof their faces: forI am withthee to deliverthee, saiththe LORD. Then the LORDput forthhis hand, and touchedmy mouth. And the LORDsaiduntome, Behold, I have putmy wordsin thy mouth. See, I have thisdaysetthee overthe nationsand overthe kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Moreover the wordof the LORDcameuntome, saying, Jeremiah, whatseestthou? And I said, Iseea rodof an almond tree. Then saidthe LORDuntome, Thou hast wellseen: forIwill hastenmy wordto performit. And the wordof the LORDcameuntome the second time, saying, Whatseestthou? And I said, Iseea seethingpot; and the facethereof is towardthe north. Then the LORDsaiduntome, Out of the northan evilshall break forthuponallthe inhabitantsof the land. For, lo, I will callallthe familiesof the kingdomsof the north, saiththe LORD; and they shall come, and they shall setevery onehis throneat the enteringof the gatesof Jerusalem, and againstallthe wallsthereof round about, and againstallthe citiesof Judah. And I will uttermy judgmentsagainst them touchingalltheir wickedness, whohave forsakenme, and have burned incenseunto othergods, and worshipedthe worksof their own hands. Thoutherefore gird upthy loins, and arise, and speakuntothem allthatIcommandthee: be notdismayedat their faces, lestI confoundthee beforethem. For, behold, I have madethee this daya defensedcity, and an ironpillar, and brazenwallsagainstthe wholeland, against the kingsof Judah, against the princesthereof, against the prieststhereof, and against the peopleof the land. And they shall fightagainstthee; but they shall notprevailagainst thee; forI am withthee, saiththe LORD, to deliverthee.