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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 ESV</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><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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/jeremiah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>to whom the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>It 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.</p> <p class="heading">The Call of Jeremiah</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me, saying,</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and before you were born I consecrated you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”</span></p> <p class="same-paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then I said, “Ah, Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and whatever I command you, you shall speak.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not be afraid of them,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for I am with you to deliver you,</span><br /><begin-line class="declares"/>declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</span></p> <p class="same-paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to pluck up and to break down,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to destroy and to overthrow,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to build and to plant.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12)">a</a></sup></span> branch.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me, “Out of the north disaster<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah">b</a></sup></span> shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But you, dress yourself for work;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew gird up your loins">c</a></sup></span> arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to deliver you.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <i class="catch-word">Almond</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>watching</i> (compare verse 12)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> The Hebrew word can mean <i>evil</i>, <i>harm</i>, or <i class="catch-word">disaster</i>, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Hebrew <i>gird up your loins</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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