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The
words of
Jeremiah the
son of
Hilkiah, of the
priests who were in
Anathoth in the
land of
Benjamin,
~yin]h{K;h -nim .Wh'Yiq.lix -n,B .Wh'y.m.rIy yer.biD ? !im'y.niB #,r,a.B tw{t'n][;B r,v]a
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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.
.Wh'Yiva{y yemyiB wy'lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h r,v]a ? h'n'v her.f,[ -v{l.viB h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m !w{m'a -n,b ? w{k.l'm.l
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It
came also in the
days of
Jehoiakim the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
until the
end of the
eleventh * year of
Zedekiah the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
until the
exile of
Jerusalem in the
fifth month.
.$,l,m .Wh'Yiva{y -n,B ~yiq'yw{h.y yemyiB yih.y;w ? .Wh'Yiq.dic.l h'n'v her.f,[ yeT.v;[ ~{T -d;[ h'd.Wh.y ? ~i;l'v.Wr.y tw{l.G -d;[ h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m .Wh'Yiva{y -n,b ? yivyim]x;h v,d{x;B
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Now the
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d yih.y;w
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"Before I
formed you in the
womb I
knew you, And
before you were
born * I
consecrated you; I have
appointed you a
prophet to the
nations."
aeceT ~,r,j.b.W '$yiT.[;d.y !,j,B;b '$.rw{C,a ~,r,j.B ? '$yiT;t.n ~Iyw{G;l ayib'n '$yiT.v;D.qih ~,x,rem
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Then I
said,
"Alas,
Lord GOD!
Behold, I do not
know how to
speak,
Because I am a
youth."
yiT.[;d'y -a{l heNih hiw{h.y<03069!> y'n{d]a H'h]a r;m{a'w ? yik{n'a r;[;n -yiK ]reB;D
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But the
LORD said to me, "Do not
say, 'I am a
youth,'
Because everywhere * * I
send you, you shall
go, And
all that I
command you, you shall
speak.
yik{n'a r;[;n r;ma{T -l;a y;lea h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? r,v]a -l'K tea.w .$eleT '$]x'l.v,a r,v]a -l'K -l;[ yiK ? reB;d.T '$..W;c]a
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"Do not be
afraid of them, For I am with you to
deliver you,"
declares the
LORD.
'$,liC;h.l yin]a '$.Tia -yiK ~,hyen.Pim a'ryiT -l;a ? h'wh.y -mUa.n
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Then the
LORD stretched out His
hand and
touched my
mouth, and the
LORD said to me,
"Behold, I have
put My
words in your
mouth.
yiP -l;[ [;G;Y;w w{d'y -t,a h'wh.y x;l.viY;w ? '$yip.B y;r'b.d yiT;t'n heNih y;lea h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w
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"See, I have
appointed you
this day over the
nations and
over the
kingdoms, To
pluck up and to
break down, To
destroy and to
overthrow, To
build and to
plant."
~Iyw{G;h -l;[ h,Z;h ~w{Y;h '$yiT.d;q.pih hea.r ? dyib]a;h.l.W #w{t.nil.w vw{t.nil tw{k'l.m;M;h -l;[.w ? ;[w{j.nil.w tw{n.bil sw{r]h;l.w
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The
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
"What do you
see,
Jeremiah?" And I
said, "I
see a
rod of an
almond tree."
h'T;a -h'm r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d yih.y;w ? h,a{r yin]a deq'v leQ;m r;m{a'w .Wh'y.m.rIy h,a{r
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Then the
LORD said to me, "You have
seen well, for I am
watching over My
word to
perform it."
deq{v -yiK tw{a.ril 'T.b;jyeh y;lea h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? w{t{f][;l yir'b.D -l;[ yin]a
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The
word of the
LORD came to me a
second time saying,
"What do you
see?" And I
said, "I
see a
boiling pot,
facing away from the
north."
h'm r{mael tyinev y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d yih.y;w ? wy'n'p.W h,a{r yin]a ;x.Wp'n ryis r;m{a'w h,a{r h'T;a ? h'nw{p'c yen.Pim
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Then the
LORD said to me, "Out of the
north the
evil will
break forth on
all the
inhabitants of the
land.
h'['r'h x;t'PiT !w{p'Cim y'lea h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? #,r'a'h yeb.v{y -l'K l;[
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"For,
behold, I am
calling all the
families of the
kingdoms of the
north,"
declares the
LORD; "and they will
come and they will
set each one his
throne at the
entrance of the
gates of
Jerusalem, and
against all its
walls round about and
against all the
cities of
Judah.
tw{k.l.m;m tw{x.P.vim -l'k.l aer{q yin.nih yiK ? vyia .Wn.t'n.w .Wa'b.W h'wh.y -mUa.n h'nw{p'c ? 'hy,t{mw{x -l'K l;[.w ~i;l'v.Wr.y yer][;v x;t,P w{a.siK ? h'd.Wh.y yer'[ -l'K l;[.w byib's
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"I will
pronounce My
judgments on them
concerning all their
wickedness,
whereby they have
forsaken Me and have
offered sacrifices to
other gods, and
worshiped the
works of their own
hands.
r,v]a ~'t'['r -l'K l;[ ~'tw{a y;j'P.vim yiT.r;Bid.w ? .Ww]x;T.viY;w ~yirex]a ~yih{lael .Wr.J;q.y;w yin.Wb'z][ ? ~,hyed.y yef][;m.l
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"Now,
gird up your
loins and
arise, and
speak to them
all which I
command you. Do not be
dismayed before * them,
or I will
dismay you
before them.
~,hyel]a 'T.r;Bid.w 'T.m;q.w '$y,n.t'm r{z.a,T h'T;a.w ? ~,hyen.Pim t;xeT -l;a 'K/W;c]a yik{n'a r,v]a -l'K tea ? ~,hyen.pil '$.Tix]a -n,P
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"Now
behold, I have
made you
today as a
fortified city and as a
pillar of
iron and as
walls of
bronze against the
whole land, to the
kings of
Judah, to its
princes, to its
priests and to the
people of the
land.
d.WM;[.l.W r'c.bim ryi[.l ~w{Y;h '$yiT;t.n heNih yin]a;w ? yek.l;m.l #,r'a'h -l'K -l;[ t,v{x.n tw{m{x.l.W l,z.r;B ? #,r'a'h ~;[.l.W 'hy,n]h{k.l 'hy,r'f.l h'd.Wh.y
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"They will
fight against you, but they will not
overcome you, for I am with you to
deliver you,"
declares the
LORD.
'$.Tia -yiK .$'l .Wl.k.Wy -a{l.w '$y,lea .Wm]x.lin.w ? '$,lyiC;h.l h'wh.y -mUa.n yin]a