1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2To 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. 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4Then the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying, 5Before I formed thee in the womb I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet to the nations. 6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child. 7But the Lord said vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, shalt thou speake. 8Be not afraide of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lord. 9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10See, 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. 11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 12Then saide the Lorde vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it. 13And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and its face [is] toward the north. 14Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and euery one shall set his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and on all the walles thereof rounde about, and in all the cities of Iudah. 16And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 18For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land. 19For they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the Lord.