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Yirmeyahu’s Ministry Begins 628 BCE (R) (627 K)
1. The Call of Jeremiah (1:1–19)
1 These are the words of YirmeyahuJeremiah benthe son of HilkiyahuHilkiah, one of the cohenimpriests who were in ‘AnatotAnathoth [MAP] in the land of BinyaminBenjamin. 2 The word of ADONAI[GN] came to him in the days of YoshiyahuJosiah ben Amon, king of Y'hudahJudah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Y’hoyakimJehoiakim ben YoshiyahuJosiah, king of Y'hudah, to the end of the eleventh year of TzidkiyahuZedekiah ben YoshiyahuJosiah, king of Y'hudah, to the carrying away of YerushalayimJerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4 Now the word of ADONAI came to me, saying,
- 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.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Adonai ELOHIM![GN] Hinneh,[GN] I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
- “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’
- for you must go to whomever I send you,
- and you must say whatever I command you.
- 8 Don’t be afraid of them,
- for I am with you to rescue you,” said ADONAI.
9 Then ADONAI stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and ADONAI said to me,
- “Hinneh, I have put My words in your mouth.
- 10 I have today set you over nations and kingdoms,
- to uproot and to tear down,
- to destroy and to overthrow,
- to build and to plant.”
11 Moreover The word of ADONAI came to me, saying, “Yirmeyahu, what do you see?”
I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12 Then ADONAI said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over My word to perform it.”
13 The word of ADONAI 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.”
14 Then ADONAI said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For Hinneh, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says ADONAI.
- “They will come, and they will each set his throne
- at the entrance of the gates of Yerushalayim,
- and against all its walls all around,
- and against all the cities of Y'hudah.
- 16. I will utter My judgments against them
- for all their wickedness in abandoning me,
- offering incense to other gods,
- and worshiping what their own hand have made.
- 17 “But you, dress for action, stand up and tell them
- everything I order you to say.
- When you confront them, don’t break down;
- or I will break you down in front of them.
- 18 For today, Hinneh,
- I have made you into a fortified city, an iron pillar,
- and bronze walls against the whole land —
- against the kings of Y'hudah, against its princes,
- against its cohenim, and against the people of the land.
- 19 They will fight against you,
- but they will not prevail against you;
- for I am with you,” says ADONAI, “to rescue you.”
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