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Jeremiah 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:1 - The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - 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 rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - And it came again in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; till Jerusalem was taken away in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:4 - Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 - Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7 - But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8 - Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:9 - Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.

The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:19 - They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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