Jeremiah:1

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* The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias , of the priests that were in Anathoth , in the land of Benjamin . * The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda , in the thirteenth year of his reign . * And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda , unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda , even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive , in the fifth month . * And the word of the Lord came to me , saying : * Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother , I knew thee : and before thou camest forth out of the womb , I sanctified thee , and made thee a prophet unto the nations . * And I said : Ah , ah , ah , Lord God : behold , I cannot speak , for I am a child . * And the Lord said to me : Say not : I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee : and whatsoever I shall command thee , thou shalt speak . * Be not afraid at their presence : for I am with thee to deliver thee , saith the Lord . * And the Lord put forth his hand , and touched my mouth : and the Lord said to me : Behold I have given my words in thy mouth : * Lo , I have set thee this day over the nations , and over the kingdoms , to root up , and pull down , and to waste , and to destroy , and to build , and to plant . * And the word of the Lord came to me , saying : What seest thou , Jeremias ? And I said : I see a rod watching . * And the Lord said to me : Thou hast seen well : for I will watch over my word to perform it . * And the word of the Lord came to me a second time , saying : What seest thou ? I see a boiling caldron , and the face thereof from the face of the north . * And the Lord said to me : from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land . * For behold I will call together all the families of the kingdoms of the north : saith the Lord : and they shall come , and shall set every one his throne in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem , and upon all the walls thereof round about , and upon all the cities of Juda , * And I will pronounce my judgements against them , touching all their wickedness , who have forsaken me , and have sacrificed to strange gods , and have adored the work of their own hands . * Thou therefore gird up thy loins , and arise , and speak to them all that I command thee . Be not afraid at their presence : for I will make thee not to fear their countenance . * For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city , and a pillar of iron , and a wall of brass , over all the land , to the kings of Juda , to the princes thereof , and to the priests , and to the people of the land . * And they shall fight against thee , and shall not prevail : for I am with thee , saith the Lord , to deliver thee .

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