One Year Chronological Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 171
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JULY 29
until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah’s sons. In
August* of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives.
Jeremiah’s Call and First Visions / Jeremiah 1:4-19
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The LORD gave me this message:
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“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
“O Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”
The LORD replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I
send you and say whatever I tell you. 8And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will
be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!” 9 Then the LORD
reached out and touched my mouth and said,
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“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
Today I appoint you to stand up
against nations and kingdoms.
Some you must uproot and tear down,
destroy and overthrow.
Others you must build up
and plant.”
Then the LORD said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
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And the LORD said, “ That’s right, and it means that I am watching,* and I will
certainly carry out all my plans.”
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Then the LORD spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?”
And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”
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“Yes,” the LORD said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of
this land. 15Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come
to Jerusalem. I, the LORD, have spoken!
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“ They will set their thrones
at the gates of the city.
They will attack its walls
and all the other towns of Judah.
I will pronounce judgment
on my people for all their evil—
for deserting me and burning incense to other gods.
Yes, they worship idols made with their own hands!
“Get up and prepare for action.
Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say.
Do not be afraid of them,
or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
For see, today I have made you strong
1:3 Hebrew In the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked
with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. The fifth month in the eleventh
year of Zedekiah’s reign occurred within the months of August and September 586 B.C. Also see 52:12 and the note there.
1:12 The Hebrew word for “watching” (shoqed) sounds like the word for “almond tree” (shaqed).
