Jeremiah 1

1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.Cross-references: Josh 21:17 · 1Chr 6:60 · 2Chr 36:21 · Isa 1:1 · Isa 2:1 · Jer 11:21 · +4 more

2Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.Cross-references: 1Ki 13:20 · 2Ki 21:24 · 2Chr 34:1 · Jer 1:4 · Jer 1:11 · Jer 25:3 · +4 more

3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:34 · 2Ki 24:1 · 2Ki 24:17 · 1Chr 3:15 · 2Chr 36:5 · 2Chr 36:11 · +10 more

4Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,Cross-references: Jer 1:2 · Ezek 1:3 · Ezek 3:16

5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Cross-references: Ex 33:12 · Ex 33:17 · Ps 71:5 · Ps 139:16 · Isa 44:2 · Isa 49:1 · +13 more

6Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”Cross-references: Ex 4:1 · Ex 4:10 · Ex 6:12 · Ex 6:30 · 1Ki 3:7 · Isa 6:5 · +3 more

7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.Cross-references: Ex 7:1 · Num 22:20 · Num 22:38 · 1Ki 22:14 · 2Chr 18:13 · Jer 1:17 · +6 more

8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 3:12 · Deut 31:6 · Deut 31:8 · Josh 1:5 · Josh 1:9 · Isa 43:2 · +19 more

9Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.Cross-references: Ex 4:11 · Ex 4:15 · Isa 6:6 · Isa 49:2 · Isa 50:4 · Isa 51:16 · +5 more

10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”Cross-references: 1Ki 17:1 · 1Ki 19:17 · Isa 44:26 · Jer 18:7 · Jer 24:6 · Jer 25:15 · +13 more

11Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”Cross-references: Num 17:8 · Jer 24:3 · Ezek 7:10 · Amos 7:8 · Amos 8:2 · Zech 4:2 · +1 more

12Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”Cross-references: Deut 5:28 · Deut 18:17 · Deut 32:35 · Jer 39:1 · Jer 52:1 · Ezek 12:22 · +5 more

13Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”Cross-references: Gen 41:32 · Ezek 11:3 · Ezek 11:7 · Ezek 24:3 · Zech 4:2 · 2Cor 13:1

14Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.Cross-references: Isa 41:25 · Jer 4:6 · Jer 6:1 · Jer 6:22 · Jer 10:22 · Jer 31:8 · +4 more

15For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.Cross-references: Deut 28:49 · Isa 22:7 · Jer 4:16 · Jer 5:15 · Jer 6:22 · Jer 9:11 · +11 more

16I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.Cross-references: Deut 28:20 · Deut 31:16 · Josh 24:20 · 2Ki 22:17 · 2Chr 7:19 · 2Chr 15:2 · +29 more

17“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.Cross-references: Ex 3:12 · Ex 7:2 · 1Ki 18:46 · 2Ki 4:29 · 2Ki 9:1 · Job 38:3 · +14 more

18For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, 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.Cross-references: Isa 50:7 · Jer 6:27 · Jer 15:20 · Jer 21:4 · Jer 26:12 · Jer 34:3 · +9 more

19They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”Cross-references: Josh 1:9 · Ps 129:2 · Jer 1:8 · Jer 11:19 · Jer 15:10 · Jer 20:1 · +5 more