Jeremiah 1 NIV ISV Parallel

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1The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

1The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

2The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

2This message from the LORD came to him during the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah,

3and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

3and during the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and continued until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month, at the end of the eleventh year of the reign of Josiah's son Zedekiah, the king of Judah.

4The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

4This message from the LORD came to me:

5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

5"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

6"Alas, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am too young."

6I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."

7But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.

7Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, 'I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.

8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.

8Don't be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

9Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put my words in your mouth.

9The LORD stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and then told me, "Look, I've 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."

10See, today I've appointed you to prophesy about nations and kingdoms, to pull up and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant."

11The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied.

11This message from the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I replied, "I see an almond branch."

12The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled."

12The LORD told me, "You have observed well, because I'm watching over my message, to make sure it comes about."

13The word of the LORD came to me again: "What do you see?" "I see a pot that is boiling," I answered. "It is tilting toward us from the north."

13This message from the LORD came to me a second time: "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a boiling pot, and its mouth is tilted away from the north."

14The LORD said to me, "From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land.

14Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land,

15I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms," declares the LORD. "Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah.

15because I'm about to summon all the families and kingdoms from the north," declares the LORD. "They'll come and each one will set up his seat at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all of its surrounding walls, and against all of the towns of Judah.

16I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made.

16"I'll pronounce my judgments against them because of all their wickedness. They have forsaken me, they have burned incense to other gods, and they have bowed down in worship to the works of their own hands."

17"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.

17"As for you, get ready! Stand up and tell them everything that I've commanded you. Don't be frightened as you face them, or I'll frighten you right in front of them.

18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land--against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.

18"As for me, today I'm making you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

19They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.

19They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, because I am with you," declares the LORD, "to deliver you."

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