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 <div class="p">4The word of the Lord came to me, saying,</div><div class="q1"> 5&#8220;Before I formed you in the womb I knew#1:5 Or chose you,</div><div class="q2">before you were born I set you apart;</div><div class="q2">I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6&#8220;Alas, Sovereign Lord,&#8221; I said, &#8220;I do not know how to speak; I am too young.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 7But the Lord said to me, &#8220;Do not say, &#8216;I am too young.&#8217; You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,&#8221; declares the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 9Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, &#8220;I have put my words in your mouth. 10See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 11The word of the Lord came to me: &#8220;What do you see, Jeremiah?&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;I see the branch of an almond tree,&#8221; I replied.</div><div class="p"> 12The Lord said to me, &#8220;You have seen correctly, for I am watching#1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree. to see that my word is fulfilled.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 13The word of the Lord came to me again: &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;I see a pot that is boiling,&#8221; I answered. &#8220;It is tilting toward us from the north.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14The Lord said to me, &#8220;From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,&#8221; declares the Lord.</div><div class="q1">&#8220;Their kings will come and set up their thrones</div><div class="q2">in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;</div><div class="q1">they will come against all her surrounding walls</div><div class="q2">and against all the towns of Judah.</div><div class="q1"> 16I will pronounce my judgments on my people</div><div class="q2">because of their wickedness in forsaking me,</div><div class="q1">in burning incense to other gods</div><div class="q2">and in worshiping what their hands have made.</div><div class="p"> 17&#8220;Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land&#8212;against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,&#8221; declares the Lord.</div>
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