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1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
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1. The words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , of H4480 the priests H3548 that H834 were in Anathoth H6068 in the land H776 of Benjamin H1144 :
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2. To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
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2. To whom H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon H526 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427 .
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3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
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3. It came H1961 also in the days H3117 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , unto H5704 the end H8552 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , unto H5704 the carrying away H1540 of Jerusalem H3389 captive in the fifth H2549 month H2320 .
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4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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4. Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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5. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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5. Before H2962 I formed H3335 thee in the belly H990 I knew H3045 thee ; and before H2962 thou camest forth H3318 out of the womb H4480 H7358 I sanctified H6942 thee, and I ordained H5414 thee a prophet H5030 unto the nations H1471 .
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6. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
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6. Then said H559 I, Ah H162 , Lord H136 GOD H3069 ! behold H2009 , I cannot H3808 H3045 speak H1696 : for H3588 I H595 am a child H5288 .
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7. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
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7. But the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Say H559 not H408 , I H595 am a child H5288 : for H3588 thou shalt go H1980 to H5921 all H3605 that H834 I shall send H7971 thee , and whatsoever H3605 H834 I command H6680 thee thou shalt speak H1696 .
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8. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
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8. Be not H408 afraid H3372 of their faces H4480 H6440 : for H3588 I H589 am with H854 thee to deliver H5337 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
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9. Then the LORD H3068 put forth H7971 H853 his hand H3027 , and touched H5060 H5921 my mouth H6310 . And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Behold H2009 , I have put H5414 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 .
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10. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
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10. See H7200 , I have this H2088 day H3117 set H6485 thee over H5921 the nations H1471 and over H5921 the kingdoms H4467 , to root out H5428 , and to pull down H5422 , and to destroy H6 , and to throw down H2040 , to build H1129 , and to plant H5193 .
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11. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
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11. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 , Jeremiah H3414 , what H4100 seest H7200 thou H859 ? And I said H559 , I H589 see H7200 a rod H4731 of an almond tree H8247 .
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12. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
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12. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me , Thou hast well H3190 seen H7200 : for H3588 I H589 will hasten H8245 H5921 my word H1697 to perform H6213 it.
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13. And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
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13. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me the second time H8145 , saying H559 , What H4100 seest H7200 thou H859 ? And I said H559 , I H589 see H7200 a seething H5301 pot H5518 ; and the face H6440 thereof is toward H4480 H6440 the north H6828 .
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14. Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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14. Then the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , Out of the north H4480 H6828 an evil H7451 shall break forth H6605 upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 .
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15. For, lo, I will call 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.
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15. For H3588 , lo H2009 , I will call H7121 all H3605 the families H4940 of the kingdoms H4467 of the north H6828 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; and they shall come H935 , and they shall set H5414 every one H376 his throne H3678 at the entering H6607 of the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 , and against H5921 all H3605 the walls H2346 thereof round about H5439 , and against H5921 all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 .
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16. And I 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.
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16. And I will utter H1696 my judgments H4941 against them touching H5921 all H3605 their wickedness H7451 , who H834 have forsaken H5800 me , and have burned incense H6999 unto other H312 gods H430 , and worshiped H7812 the works H4639 of their own hands H3027 .
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17. Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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17. Thou H859 therefore gird up H247 thy loins H4975 , and arise H6965 , and speak H1696 unto H413 them H853 all H3605 that H834 I H595 command H6680 thee : be not H408 dismayed H2865 at their faces H4480 H6440 , lest H6435 I confound H2865 thee before H6440 them.
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18. For, behold, I have made thee this day a 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.
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18. For H589 , behold H2009 , I have made H5414 thee this day H3117 a defensed H4013 city H5892 , and an iron H1270 pillar H5982 , and brazen H5178 walls H2346 against H5921 the whole H3605 land H776 , against the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , against the princes H8269 thereof , against the priests H3548 thereof , and against the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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19. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
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19. And they shall fight H3898 against H413 thee ; but they shall not H3808 prevail H3201 against thee; for H3588 I H589 am with H854 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , to deliver H5337 thee.
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