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    Jeremiah · 19 verses

    Jeremiah 1

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    A boiling pot tilts toward Jerusalem from the north, and disaster is poured out of it—a remarkably domestic kettle with an international career.

    A mouth made readyvv. 1–10

    Jeremiah is introduced as the son of Hilkiah, a priest in Anathoth, and his prophetic career is dated across the reigns of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, ending when Jerusalem goes into exile. The LORD’s commission begins before Jeremiah can object: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” Jeremiah objects anyway, pleading that he is only a child and does not know how to speak. The answer is not a lesson in public speaking but a hand reaching out to touch his mouth: “I have put My words in your mouth.” He is then appointed over nations and kingdoms, with the rather formidable duties “to uproot and tear down” and “to build and plant.”

    The almond branch and the kettlevv. 11–19

    Jeremiah is asked what he sees. First, an almond-tree branch; the LORD says he has observed correctly because the LORD is watching over His word. The explanation is left hanging neatly beside the branch. Then comes the boiling pot, tilting from the north. Its contents are disaster for the land: northern kings will set up thrones at Jerusalem’s gates and attack Judah’s cities, while judgment is pronounced for abandoning the LORD and worshiping handmade gods. Jeremiah is told to stand up and speak without intimidation. The final image is less household utensil and more fortress: a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls.

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    1. Jer 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

    2. Jer 1:2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

    3. Jer 1:3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

    4. Jer 1:4The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    5. Jer 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    6. Jer 1:6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

    7. Jer 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

    8. Jer 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

    9. Jer 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

    10. Jer 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

    11. Jer 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

    12. Jer 1:12“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”

    13. Jer 1:13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

    14. Jer 1:14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

    15. Jer 1:15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

    16. Jer 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

    17. Jer 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

    18. Jer 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

    19. Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

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    • 5Psalms 139:16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
    • 5Isaiah 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
    • 5Galatians 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
    • 5Psalms 71:5–6For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
    • 9Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
    • 9Exodus 4:11–12And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
    • 5Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
    • 9Luke 12:12For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
    • 9Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
    • 9Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
    • 9Matthew 10:19But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
    • 5Isaiah 49:5And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
    • 9Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
    • 12Ezekiel 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
    • 9Ezekiel 3:10“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
    • 9Exodus 4:15–16You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

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