I.
Jeremiah's call and commission
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A.
Introduction
vv. 1-3
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The words of
1Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
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To whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of
aJosiah the son of Amon the king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
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It came also in the days of
aJehoiakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah until the end of the eleventh year of
bZedekiah the son of Josiah the king of Judah, until the
ccaptivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
B.
Jeremiah's call
vv. 4-8
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Now the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
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Before I
aformed you in the womb, I
bknew you;
And before you came forth from the womb, I
csanctified you.
I have
1appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
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Then I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah!
Indeed, I do not know how to
aspeak,
For I am a youth.
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But Jehovah said to me,
Do not say, I am a youth;
For everywhere I send you, you shall go;
And everything I command you, you shall speak.
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Do anot be afraid of their faces,
For I am
bwith you to deliver you, declares Jehovah.
C.
Jeremiah's commission
vv. 9-19
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Then Jehovah stretched out His hand and touched my
amouth; and Jehovah said to me,
Now I have
bput My words in your mouth.
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See, I have appointed you this day
Over the nations and over the kingdoms
To
1apluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to tear down,
To build up and to plant.
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Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What do you see, Jeremiah?
And I said, I see a
1rod of an
aalmond tree.
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And Jehovah said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.
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Then the word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a
1boiling apot, and it is facing away from the north.
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And Jehovah said to me, Out of the
anorth evil will be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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For I am now calling all the families from the kingdoms of the north, declares Jehovah, and they will come and set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.
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And I will utter My judgment on them concerning all their wickedness by which they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods and have worshipped the
aworks of their own hands.
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You therefore
agird up your loins, and rise up and speak to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, lest I dismay you in their presence.
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aAnd I am now making you today into a
1fortified city and into an iron pillar and into bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
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And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you, declares Jehovah, to deliver you.
