Jeremiah 1 (NET)

Jeremiah 1:1¹The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:602 Chr 36:21Ezek 1:3Jer 11:21Jer 32:7-9Amos 1:1Amos 7:10Isa 1:1Josh 21:17-18Isa 2:1

Jeremiah 1:2²The Lord’ s message came to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 13:20Hos 1:1Jer 1:11Jer 1:4Jonah 1:1Mic 1:12 Chr 34:1-332 Kgs 21:24-22:20Jer 25:3Jer 36:2

Jeremiah 1:3³It also came in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, and continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile in the fifth month of that year.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:5-82 Kgs 23:34Jer 39:2Zech 7:51 Chr 3:152 Chr 36:11-212 Kgs 24:1-92 Kgs 24:17-25:30Jer 21:1-14Jer 25:1-3

Jeremiah 1:4⁴The Lord’ s message came to me,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 3:16Ezek 1:3Jer 1:2

Jeremiah 1:5⁵“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 139:16Isa 49:1Gal 1:15-16Ps 71:5-6Rom 8:29Isa 49:5Isa 44:22 Tim 2:19-21Luke 1:41Luke 1:76

Jeremiah 1:6⁶I answered, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 4:10-16Exod 6:121 Kgs 3:7-9Jer 32:17Exod 4:1Exod 6:30Jer 14:13Jer 4:10Isa 6:5

Jeremiah 1:7⁷The Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 3:27Mark 16:15-16Num 22:202 Chr 18:13Ezek 3:17-21Ezek 2:3-5Jer 1:17-18Matt 28:20Num 22:381 Kgs 22:14

Jeremiah 1:8⁸Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 1:5Josh 1:9Isa 51:7Deut 31:6Luke 12:4-5Jer 15:20-21Heb 13:5-6Deut 31:8Ezek 2:6-72 Tim 4:17-18

Jeremiah 1:9⁹Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 21:15Exod 4:11-12Luke 12:12Isa 51:16Isa 50:4Matt 10:19Jer 5:14Ezek 3:10Exod 4:15-16Isa 49:2

Jeremiah 1:10¹⁰Know for certain that I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:282 Cor 10:4-5Isa 44:26-28Jer 31:4-5Ezek 36:36Jer 24:6Amos 9:11Rev 11:3-6Amos 3:7Zech 1:6

Jeremiah 1:11¹¹Later the Lord’ s message came to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 7:8Amos 8:2Zech 5:2Jer 24:3Zech 4:2Num 17:8Ezek 7:10

Jeremiah 1:12¹²Then the Lord said, “You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 12:28Ezek 12:25Ezek 12:22-23Luke 10:28Amos 8:2Deut 5:28Deut 18:17Deut 32:35Jer 52:1-34

Jeremiah 1:13¹³The Lord’ s message came to me a second time, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped away from the north.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 11:3Ezek 11:72 Cor 13:1-2Ezek 24:3-14Gen 41:32Zech 4:2

Jeremiah 1:14¹⁴Then the Lord said, “From the north destruction will break out on all who live in the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:25Jer 10:22Jer 4:6Jer 6:1Ezek 1:4Jer 31:8Jer 46:20Jer 50:41Jer 50:9Jer 6:22

Jeremiah 1:15¹⁵For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord. “They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it and all the towns in Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 25:9Jer 4:16Jer 43:10Jer 9:11Isa 22:7Jer 10:25Jer 39:3Deut 28:49-53Jer 10:22Jer 25:28

Jeremiah 1:16¹⁶In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 19:4Jer 7:9Acts 7:41Deut 28:20Isa 2:82 Kgs 22:17Deut 31:16Hos 11:2Hos 8:6Isa 37:19

Jeremiah 1:17¹⁷“But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:46Jer 1:7-81 Pet 1:13Luke 12:35Ezek 3:14-18Exod 7:2Jer 23:28Ezek 3:10-11Job 38:3Acts 20:20

Jeremiah 1:18¹⁸I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 50:7Ezek 3:8-9Jer 15:20Jer 6:27Mic 3:8-9Jer 34:20-22Jer 36:27-32Jer 37:7Jer 26:12-15Jer 38:2

Jeremiah 1:19¹⁹They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 1:9Jer 1:8Jer 20:11Ps 129:2Jer 29:25-32Jer 11:19Jer 15:10-21Jer 26:11-24Jer 37:11-21Jer 20:1-6