THE words of Yirmeyahu the son of Chilqiyahu, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Binyamiyn:
To whom the Word of Yahuah came in the days of Yo'shiyahu the son of Amon king of Yahudah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
It came also in the days of Yahuyaqiym the son of Yo'shiyahu king of Yahudah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Tsidqiyahu the son of Yo'shiyahu king of Yahudah, unto the carrying away of Yerushalayim captive in the fifth month.
Then the Word of Yahuah came unto me, saying,
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.
Then said I, Ah, Adonai Yahuah! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
But Yahuah said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak.
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahuah.
Then Yahuah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And Yahuah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Moreover the Word of Yahuah came unto me, saying, Yirmeyahu, what do you see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Then said Yahuah unto me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
And the Word of Yahuah came unto me the second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Then Yahuah said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahuah; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entering of the gates of Yerushalayim, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Yahudah.
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other elohiym, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak unto them את all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
For, behold, I have made you this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Yahudah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says Yahuah, to deliver you.