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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Jeremiah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/66.htm" title="Isaiah 66">◄</a> Jeremiah 1 <a href="../jeremiah/2.htm" title="Jeremiah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/jeremiah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Introduction</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of Hilkiah’s son Jeremiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Heb. name Jeremiah means God has appointed me">a</a></span> who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>This message from the LORD came to him during the thirteenth year of the reign of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 Lit. him in the days of">b</a></span> Ammon’s son Josiah, the king of Judah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and during the reign of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 Lit. and in the days of">c</a></span> Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and continued until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month, at<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 Lit. until">d</a></span> the end of the eleventh year of the reign of Josiah’s son Zedekiah, the king of Judah.</p> <p class="heading">Jeremiah’s Call as a Prophet</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This message from the LORD came to me:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“I knew you before I formed you in the womb;</p> <p class="poetry2">I set you apart for me before you were born;</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I replied, “Ah, LORD God! Look, I don’t know how to speak, because I’m only<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 The Heb. lacks only">e</a></span> a young man.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me, “Don’t say, ‘I’m only<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 The Heb. lacks only">f</a></span> a young man,’ for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Don’t be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The LORD stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and then told me, “Look, I’ve put my words in your mouth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>See, today I’ve appointed you to prophesy about nations and kingdoms, to pull up and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”</p> <p class="heading">The Visions of the Almond Branch and Boiling Pot</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This message from the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”</p> <p class="reg">I replied, “I see an almond branch.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The LORD told me, “You have observed well, because I’m watching over<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 The Heb. word almond (shaqed) sounds like the Heb. word watching (shoqed)">g</a></span> my message, to make sure it comes about.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This message from the LORD came to me a second time: “What do you see?”</p> <p class="reg">I replied, “I see a boiling pot, and its mouth is tilted away from the north.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me, “From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>because I’m about to summon all the families and kingdoms from the north,” declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“They’ll come and each one will set up his seat<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 Or throne">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,</p> <p class="poetry2">against all of its surrounding walls,</p> <p class="poetry2">and against all of the towns of Judah.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I’ll pronounce my judgments against them</p> <p class="poetry2">because of all their wickedness.</p> <p class="poetry2">They have forsaken me,</p> <p class="poetry2">they have burned incense to other gods,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they have bowed down in worship</p> <p class="poetry2">to the works of their own<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 The Heb. lacks own">i</a></span> hands.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 i.e. idols">j</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The LORD’s Assurance to Jeremiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“As for you, get ready!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Lit. gird up your loins">k</a></span> Stand up and tell them everything that I’ve commanded you. Don’t be frightened as you face them, or I’ll frighten you right in front of them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“As for me, today I’m making you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They’ll fight against you, but they won’t prevail against you, because I am with you,” declares the LORD, “to deliver you.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 The Heb. name <i>Jeremiah</i> means <i>God has appointed me</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:2 Lit. <i>him in the days of</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:3 Lit. <i>and in the days of</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:3 Lit. <i>until</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:6 The Heb. lacks <i>only</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:7 The Heb. lacks <i>only</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:12 The Heb. word <i>almond</i> (<i>shaqed</i>) sounds like the Heb. word <i>watching</i> (<i>shoqed</i>)<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:15 Or<i> throne</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:16 The Heb. lacks <i>own</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:16 i.e. idols<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:17 Lit. <i>gird up your loins</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/66.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 66"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 66" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/jeremiah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>