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The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah ,
of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :
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To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah ,
in the thirteenth year of his reign .
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ,
unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah ,
unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month .
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee ,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations .
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Then said I ,
Ah ,
Lord GOD !
behold ,
I cannot speak :
for I am a child .
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But the LORD said unto me ,
Say not ,
I am a child :
for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee ,
and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak .
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Be not afraid of their faces :
for I am with thee to deliver thee ,
saith the LORD .
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Then the LORD put forth his hand ,
and touched my mouth .
And the LORD said unto me ,
Behold ,
I have put my words in thy mouth .
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See ,
I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms ,
to root out ,
and to pull down ,
and to destroy ,
and to throw down ,
to build ,
and to plant .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
Jeremiah ,
what seest thou ?
And I said ,
I see a rod of an almond tree .
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Then said the LORD unto me ,
Thou hast well seen :
for I will hasten my word to perform it .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time ,
saying ,
What seest thou ?
And I said ,
I see a seething pot ;
and the face thereof is toward the north .
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Then the LORD said unto me ,
Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land .
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For ,
lo ,
I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north ,
saith the LORD ;
and they shall come ,
and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem ,
and against all the walls thereof round about ,
and against all the cities of Judah .
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And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness ,
who have forsaken me ,
and have burned incense unto other gods ,
and worshipped the works of their own hands .
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Thou therefore gird up thy loins ,
and arise ,
and speak unto them all that I command thee :
be not dismayed at their faces ,
lest I confound thee before them .
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For ,
behold ,
I have made thee this day a defenced city ,
and an iron pillar ,
and brasen walls against the whole land ,
against the kings of Judah ,
against the princes thereof ,
against the priests thereof ,
and against the people of the land .
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And they shall fight against thee ;
but they shall not prevail against thee ;
for I am with thee ,
saith the LORD ,
to deliver thee .