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1:1 | The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: |
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 reign. |
1:3 | It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. |
1:4 | Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
1:5 | Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. |
1:6 | Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. |
1:7 | But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. |
1:8 | Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. |
1:9 | Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. |
1:10 | See, I have this day set thee 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. |
1:11 | Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. |
1:12 | Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. |
1:13 | And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. |
1:14 | Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. |
1:15 | For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. |
1:16 | And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. |
1:17 | Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. |
1:18 | For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. |
1:19 | And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. |
1:1 | The wordis of Jeremye, sone of Helchie, of the preestis that weren in Anathot, in the lond of Beniamyn. |
1:2 | For the word of the Lord was maad to hym in the daies of Josie, the sone of Amon, kyng of Juda, in the threttenethe yeer of his rewme. |
1:3 | And it was don in the daies of Joachym, the sone of Josie, the king of Juda, til to the endyng of the enleuenthe yeer of Sedechie, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, til the passyng ouer, ether caitifte, of Jerusalem, in the fyuethe monethe. |
1:4 | And the word of the Lord was maad to me, |
1:5 | and seide, Bifor that Y fourmede thee in the wombe, Y knewe thee; and bifor that thou yedist out of the wombe, Y halewide thee; and Y yaf thee a profete among folkis. |
1:6 | And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! Y kan not speke, for Y am a child. |
1:7 | And the Lord seide to me, Nyle thou seie, that Y am a child; for thou schalt go to alle thingis, to whiche Y schal sende thee, and thou schalt speke alle thingis, what euer thingis Y schal comaunde to thee. |
1:8 | Drede thou not of the face of hem, for Y am with thee, to delyuere thee, seith the Lord. |
1:9 | And the Lord sente his hond, and touchide my mouth; and the Lord seide to me, Lo! Y haue youe my wordis in thi mouth; lo! |
1:10 | Y haue ordeynede thee to day on folkis, and on rewmes, that thou drawe vp, and distrie, and leese, and scatere, and bilde, and plaunte. |
1:11 | And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, What seest thou, Jeremye? |
1:12 | And Y seide, Y se a yerde wakynge. And the Lord seide to me, Thou hast seen wel, for Y schal wake on my word, to do it. |
1:13 | And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to me, and seide, What seest thou? Y se a pot buylynge, and the face therof fro the face of the north. |
1:14 | And the Lord seide to me, Fro the north schal be schewid al yuel on alle the dwelleris of the lond. |
1:15 | For lo! Y schal clepe togidere alle the naciouns of rewmes of the north, seith the Lord, and thei schulen come, and sette ech man his seete in the entryng of the yatis of Jerusalem, and on alle the wallis therof in cumpas, and on alle the citees of Juda. |
1:16 | And Y schal speke my domes with hem on al the malice of hem, that forsoken me, and maden sacrifice to alien goddis, and worschipiden the werk of her hondis. |
1:17 | Therfor girde thou thi leendis, and rise thou, and speke to hem alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee; drede thou not of the face of hem, for Y schal not make thee for to drede the cheer of hem. |
1:18 | For Y yaf thee to dai in to a strong citee, and in to an yrun piler, and in to a brasun wal, on al the lond, to the kyngis of Juda, and to the princis therof, and to the preestis therof, and to al the puple of the lond. |
1:19 | And thei schulen fiyte ayens thee, and thei schulen not haue the maistrie; for Y am with thee, seith the Lord, that Y delyuere thee. |
1:1 | These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helkiah the Preste, one of them that dwelt at Anathoth in the lande of Ben Iamin: |
1:2 | when the Lorde had fyrst spoken with him, in the tyme of Iosiah the sonne of Amon kynge of Iuda, in the .xiij. yeare of his reygne: |
1:3 | and so durynge vnto the tyme of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosiah kynge of Iuda, and vntyll the .xi. yeare of Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah kynge of Iuda were ended: when Ierusalem was taken, euen in the fyfth Moneth. |
1:4 | The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me: |
1:5 | Before I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe the. And or euer thou wast borne, I sanctifyed the, and ordeyned the, to be a prophete vnto the people. |
1:6 | Then sayde I: Oh Lorde God, I canne not speake, for I am yet but younge. |
1:7 | And the Lorde answered me thus: Saye not so, I am to younge: For thou shalt goo to all that I shall sende the vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde the, that shalt thou speake. |
1:8 | Be not afrayed of their faces, for I am with the, to delyuer the, sayeth the Lorde. |
1:9 | And with that, the Lorde stretched oute his hande, and touched my mouth, & the same lorde sayde vnto me. Behold, I put my wordes in thy mouth, |
1:10 | and beholde thys daye do I set the ouer the people & kyngdomes: that thou mayest rote out, breake of, destroye, & make waste: and that thou mayest buylde vp & plante. |
1:11 | After this, the Lorde spake vnto me sayinge: Ieremy, what seyst thou? And I sayde: I se a rodde of an almond tree. |
1:12 | Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: thou hast sene right, for I wyll make haste spedelye vpon my worde, to perfourme it. |
1:13 | It happened afterwarde, that the Lorde spake to me agayne, and sayde: What seest thou? And I sayde: I do se a seethynge pot, lokynge from out of the north. |
1:14 | Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: Out of the north shall come a plage vpon all the dwellers of the lande. |
1:15 | For lo I wyll call all the kinredes of the kyngdomes of the north (sayeth the Lorde.) And they shall come, & euery one shall sett his seate in the gates of Ierusalem, and in all their walles rounde aboute & in all cyties of Iuda. |
1:16 | And thorowe them shall I declare my iudgement, vpon all the wyckednesse of those men that haue forsaken me: that haue burnt incense vnto straunge goddes, & worshypped the workes of there awne handes. |
1:17 | And therfore girde vp thy loynes, aryse, and tell them all, that I geue the in commaundement. Feare them not, lest I destroye the before them. |
1:18 | For beholde, this daye do I make the a stronge fensed towne, an yron pyler, and a brasen wall agaynst the whole lande, agaynst the kynges and myghtye men of Iuda, agaynst the prestes and people of the lande. |
1:19 | They shall fyght agaynst the: but they shall not be able to ouercomme the for I am wyth the, to delyuer the, sayeth the Lorde. |
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