Jeremiah 1:2 - Prayer Tents

1The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,H1697H3414H1121H2518H3548H6068H776H1144 2to 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.H1697H3068H3117H2977H1121H526H4428H3063H7969H6240H8141H4427 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.H3117H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H8552H6249H6240H8141H6667H1121H2977H4428H3063H1540H3389H1540H2549H2320

The Call of Jeremiah

4Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,H1697H3068H559 5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."H2962H3335H990H3045H3318H7358H6942H5414H5030H1471 6Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."H559H162H136H3069H3045H1696H5288 7But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.H3068H559H559H5288H3212H7971H6680H1696 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD."H3372H6440H5337H5002H3068 9Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.H3068H7971H3027H5060H6310H3068H559H5414H1697H6310 10See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."H7200H3117H6485H1471H4467H5428H5422H6H2040H1129H5193 11And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch."H1697H3068H559H3414H7200H559H7200H4731H8247 12Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."H559H3068H3190H7200H8245H1697H6213 13The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north."H1697H3068H8145H559H7200H559H7200H5301H5518H6440H6440H6828 14Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.H3068H559H6828H7451H6605H3427H776 15For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.H7121H4940H4467H6828H5002H3068H935H5414H376H3678H6607H8179H3389H2346H5439H5892H3063 16And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.H1696H4941H5921H7451H5800H6999H312H430H7812H4639H3027 17But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.H247H4975H6965H1696H6680H2865H6440H2865H6440 18And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.H589H5414H3117H4013H5892H1270H5982H5178H2346H776H4428H3063H8269H3548H5971H776 19They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you."H3898H3201H5002H3068H5337