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¹ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 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. ³ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. ⁴ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ⁵ I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” ⁶ Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” ⁷ And whatever I command you, you shall speak. ⁸ For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord. ⁹ “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. ¹⁰ To build and to plant.” ¹¹ And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” ¹² Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.” ¹³ And I said, “I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north.” ¹⁴ On all the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁵ And against all the cities of Judah. ¹⁶ And worshiped the works of their own hands. ¹⁷ Lest I dismay you before them. ¹⁸ And against the people of the land. ¹⁹ For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”