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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 King James 2000</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">King James 2000</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">King James 2000</div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Author and Time of Writing</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="black">The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="black">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.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="black">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.</span></p> <p class="heading">Jeremiah Is Called</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="black">Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="black">Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="black">But the LORD said unto me,</span> <span class="red">Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you,</span> <span class="black">says the LORD.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="black">Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me,</span> <span class="red">Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">See, I have this day set you 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.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="black">Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</span> <span class="red">Jeremiah, what see you?</span> <span class="black">And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="black">Then said the LORD unto me,</span> <span class="red">You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="black">And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,</span> <span class="red">What see you?</span> <span class="black">And I said, I see a boiling pot; and it is facing away from the north.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="black">Then the LORD said unto me,</span> <span class="red">Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,</span> <span class="black">says the LORD;</span> <span class="red">and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">You therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">For, behold, I have made you this day a fenced city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you,</span> <span class="black">says the LORD,</span> <span class="red">to deliver you.</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The King James 2000 Bible, copyright © Doctor of Theology Robert A. 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