Jeremiah Chapter 1

• Jeremiah 1:1
  The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
• Jeremiah 1:2
  The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
• Jeremiah 1:3
  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,...
• Jeremiah 1:4
  Now the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
• Jeremiah 1:5
  “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.”
• Jeremiah 1:6
  Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
• Jeremiah 1:7
  But the LORD 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.
• Jeremiah 1:8
  Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.
• Jeremiah 1:9
  Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
• Jeremiah 1:10
  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.”
• Jeremiah 1:11
  Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
• Jeremiah 1:12
  Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
• Jeremiah 1:13
  The LORD’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.”
• Jeremiah 1:14
  Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jeremiah 1:15
  For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the LORD. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entra...
• Jeremiah 1:16
  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 wors...
• Jeremiah 1:17
  “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.
• Jeremiah 1:18
  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 pr...
• Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”