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Jeremiah » The prophet » Call of
Jehovah spoke his word to me, Jeremiah, He said: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations. I, Jeremiah, said: Lord Jehovah, I do not know how to speak. I am only a child! read more.
Jehovah said to me: 'Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go wherever I send you. You must say whatever I command you to say. Do not be afraid of people. I am with you. I will rescue you, says Jehovah. Then Jehovah stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Jehovah said to me: I have put my words in your mouth. Today I have appointed you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will uproot and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build and plant. Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: What do you see Jeremiah? I answered: I see a branch of an almond tree. Jehovah said: You are right. For I watch to make sure that my words come true. Again Jehovah asked: What do you see? I answered: I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north. Jehovah said to me: Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land. I am going to call every family and kingdom from the north, says Jehovah. They will come, and they will set up their thrones at the entrance of Jerusalem's gates. They will attack all the walls around the city and all the cities of Judah. I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made. Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence. Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people. They will fight you but they will not defeat you. I am with you, and I will rescue you, declares Jehovah.
Jehovah said to me: 'Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go wherever I send you. You must say whatever I command you to say. Do not be afraid of people. I am with you. I will rescue you, says Jehovah. Then Jehovah stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Jehovah said to me: I have put my words in your mouth. Today I have appointed you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will uproot and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build and plant. Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: What do you see Jeremiah? I answered: I see a branch of an almond tree. Jehovah said: You are right. For I watch to make sure that my words come true. Again Jehovah asked: What do you see? I answered: I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north. Jehovah said to me: Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land. I am going to call every family and kingdom from the north, says Jehovah. They will come, and they will set up their thrones at the entrance of Jerusalem's gates. They will attack all the walls around the city and all the cities of Judah. I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made. Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence. Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people. They will fight you but they will not defeat you. I am with you, and I will rescue you, declares Jehovah.
Symbols and similitudes » Cooking
Speak a parable to the rebellious house. Say to them: The Lord Jehovah says, Put on the cooking pot, put it on and also pour water in it. Put in it the pieces, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice bones. Take the choicest of the flock. Also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also boil its bones in it.'
Again Jehovah asked: What do you see? I answered: I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north.
Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the three hundred and ninety days you lie on your side. Weigh out eight ounces of food for each day and eat it at set times. You will also have a limited amount of water to drink, two cups a day. read more.
You are to build a fire out of dried human excrement, bake bread on the fire, and eat it where everyone can see you. Jehovah said: This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids when I scatter them to foreign countries. But I replied: No, O Lord Jehovah! I have never defiled myself. From childhood on I have never eaten meat from any animal that died a natural death or was killed by wild animals. I have never eaten any food considered unclean. So God said: Very well. I will let you use cow dung instead. You can bake your bread on that.
You are to build a fire out of dried human excrement, bake bread on the fire, and eat it where everyone can see you. Jehovah said: This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids when I scatter them to foreign countries. But I replied: No, O Lord Jehovah! I have never defiled myself. From childhood on I have never eaten meat from any animal that died a natural death or was killed by wild animals. I have never eaten any food considered unclean. So God said: Very well. I will let you use cow dung instead. You can bake your bread on that.
Vision » Of jeremiah » Of the seething pot
Again Jehovah asked: What do you see? I answered: I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north.