Thematic Bible




Jeremiah 1:1 (show verse)

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, - of the priests who were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 1:2 (show verse)

unto whom came the word of Yahweh, in the days of Josiah son of Amen king of Judah, - in the thirteenth year of his reign;

Jeremiah 1:3 (show verse)

it came also in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, - as far as the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.

Jeremiah 1:4 (show verse)

So then, the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:

Jeremiah 1:5 (show verse)

Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And before thy nativity, I hallowed thee, - A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee.

Jeremiah 1:6 (show verse)

Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!

Jeremiah 1:7 (show verse)

Then said Yahweh unto me, Do not say, A child, am, I, - For against whomsoever I send thee, shalt thou go, And whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak:

Jeremiah 1:8 (show verse)

Be not afraid of their faces, For with thee, am I, to deliver thee Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 1:9 (show verse)

Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth, - and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words in thy mouth.

Jeremiah 1:10 (show verse)

See! I have set thee in charge this day, over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and to break down, and to destroy and to tear in pieces, - To build and to plant.

Jeremiah 1:11 (show verse)

Moreover the Word of Yahweh came unto me saying, What canst thou see Jeremiah? And I said, A twig of an almond-tree, can I see.

Jeremiah 1:12 (show verse)

Then said Yahweh unto me - Thou hast rightly seen, - for keeping watch, am I over my word to perform it.

Jeremiah 1:13 (show verse)

And the word of Yahweh came unto me a second time saying, What canst thou see? And I said, A boiling caldron, Can I see, with, the front thereof lion the North.

Jeremiah 1:14 (show verse)

Then said Yahweh unto me, - Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 (show verse)

For behold me! calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the North, Declareth Yahweh, - and they shall come, and set every one his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem and against all her walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah!

Jeremiah 1:16 (show verse)

Then will I pronounce my judgments against them, concerning all their wickedness, - in that they have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods, and have bowed down to the works of their own hands,

Jeremiah 1:17 (show verse)

Thou, therefore, shalt gird thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them, all that, I, command thee, - be not dismayed because of them, lest I dismay thee before their face.

Jeremiah 1:18 (show verse)

I, therefore - lo! I have set thee to-day as a fortified city, and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze, over all the land, - against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests and against the people of the land.

Jeremiah 1:19 (show verse)

And they will fight against thee but shall not prevail against thee, - for with thee, am I, Declareth Yahweh, to deliver thee.