Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah Chapter 1 KJV

1The time when Jeremiah prophesied. 4His calling and commission. 11His visions of an almond tree and a boiling pot, denoting God's speedy judgments against Judah. 17He is encouraged with a promise of God's assistance.
1 The 1words of Jeremiah the son of 2Hilkiah, 3of the priests that were in 4Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 To whom 1the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 It came also 1in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto 2the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the 3carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then 1the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I 1formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I aordained thee a 2prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, 1Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 ¶ But the Lord said unto me, 1Say not, I am a child: for 2thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be 1not afraid of their faces: for 2I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then 1the Lord put forth his hand, and 2touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have 3put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to 1root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 ¶ Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, 1what seest thou? And I said, I see 2a rod of an almond tree.
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I 1will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see 1a seething pot; and the face thereof is atoward the north.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, 1Out of the north an evil shall abreak forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will 1call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And 1I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 ¶ Thou therefore 1gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: 2be not dismayed at their faces, lest I aconfound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day 1a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And 1they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah 1