New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 1:5-10

5“Before I 1formed you in the womb I knew you, And 2before you were born I consecrated you; I have 3appointed you a prophet to the nations.”6Then 4I said, “Alas, Lord 5God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because 6I am a youth.”7But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ 7Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And 8all that I command you, you shall speak.8 9Do not be afraid of them, For 10I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord. 9Then the Lord stretched out His hand and 11touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have 12put My words in your mouth.10See, 13I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, 14To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, 15To build and to plant.”

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1. Jeremiah 1:5 Ps 139:15, 16 ↩
2. Jeremiah 1:5 Is 49:1, 5; Luke 1:15 ↩
3. Jeremiah 1:5 Jer 1:10; 25:15-26 ↩
4. Jeremiah 1:6 Ex 4:10 ↩
5. Jeremiah 1:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
6. Jeremiah 1:6 1 Kin 3:7 ↩
7. Jeremiah 1:7 Ezek 2:3, 4 ↩
8. Jeremiah 1:7 Num 22:20; Jer 1:17 ↩
9. Jeremiah 1:8 Ex 3:12; Deut 31:6; Josh 1:5; Jer 15:20 ↩
10. Jeremiah 1:8 Ezek 2:6 ↩
11. Jeremiah 1:9 Is 6:7; Mark 7:33-35 ↩
12. Jeremiah 1:9 Ex 4:11-16; Deut 18:18; Is 51:16 ↩
13. Jeremiah 1:10 Rev 11:3-6 ↩
14. Jeremiah 1:10 Jer 18:7-10; Ezek 32:18; 2 Cor 10:4 ↩
15. Jeremiah 1:10 Is 44:26-28; Jer 24:6; 31:28, 40 ↩

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