OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

Jeremiah 1:10

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Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

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Jeremiah 1:10 in context

Jeremiah 1:7–13

7

But the LORD said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

8

Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.

9

Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

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Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

11

Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

12

Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

13

The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?”

I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”

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