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Jeremiah Chapter 1

Jeremiah
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Jeremiah

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In this chapter the prophet Jeremiah is called by God to deliver a message to the people of Judah. He warns them of the coming judgment and calls them to repentance. The chapter sets the tone for Jeremiah’s prophetic ministry.

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(1) The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
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II Chronicles 36:21Isaiah 1:1Isaiah 2:1Amos 1:1Amos 7:10Ezekiel 1:3Jeremiah 11:21Jeremiah 32:7Jeremiah 32:8Jeremiah 32:9Joshua 21:17Joshua 21:18

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Jeremiah 38:6

(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.
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Jeremiah 1:4Jeremiah 1:11I Kings 13:20Hosea 1:1Jonah 1:1Micah 1:1II Kings 21:25II Kings 21:26II Kings 22:1II Kings 22:2II Kings 22:3II Kings 22:4

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Jeremiah 25:3

(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.
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Jeremiah 25:1Jeremiah 25:2Jeremiah 25:3Jeremiah 26:1Jeremiah 26:2Jeremiah 26:3Jeremiah 26:4Jeremiah 26:5Jeremiah 26:6Jeremiah 26:7Jeremiah 26:8Jeremiah 26:9

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Esther 3:7Jeremiah 36:9II Kings 23:34II Chronicles 29:17Jeremiah 39:2I Chronicles 3:15

(4) Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Jeremiah 1:2Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 3:16

(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.
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Psalms 71:5Psalms 71:6Isaiah 49:1Isaiah 49:5Luke 1:76Galatians 1:15Galatians 1:16Exodus 33:12Exodus 33:17Romans 8:29II Timothy 2:19II Timothy 2:20

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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(6) Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
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Jeremiah 4:10Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 32:17Exodus 4:1Exodus 4:10Exodus 4:11Exodus 4:12Exodus 4:13Exodus 4:14Exodus 4:15Exodus 4:16Exodus 6:12

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Jeremiah 22:18II Kings 4:34

(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.
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Jeremiah 1:17Jeremiah 1:18Exodus 7:1Exodus 7:2Numbers 22:20Numbers 22:38I Kings 22:14II Chronicles 18:13Ezekiel 2:3Ezekiel 2:4Ezekiel 2:5Ezekiel 3:17

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Philippians 4:8II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Leviticus 11:42II Kings 4:34

(8) Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 1:17Isaiah 51:7Isaiah 51:12Ezekiel 2:6Ezekiel 2:7Ezekiel 3:8Ezekiel 3:9Matthew 10:26Luke 12:4Luke 12:5Acts 4:13Acts 4:29

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(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.
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Exodus 4:11Exodus 4:12Isaiah 6:6Isaiah 6:7Isaiah 49:2Isaiah 50:4Luke 21:15Jeremiah 5:14Exodus 4:15Exodus 4:16Isaiah 51:16Ezekiel 3:10

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I Kings 6:27

(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.
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Jeremiah 25:15Jeremiah 25:16Jeremiah 25:17Jeremiah 25:18Jeremiah 25:19Jeremiah 25:20Jeremiah 25:21Jeremiah 25:22Jeremiah 25:23Jeremiah 25:24Jeremiah 25:25Jeremiah 25:26

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Jeremiah 31:28Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 42:10Haggai 2:22Malachi 1:4

(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.
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Amos 7:8Amos 8:2Zechariah 4:2Zechariah 5:2Numbers 17:8Ezekiel 7:10

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Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Genesis 2:9Matthew 12:33Romans 11:24

(12) Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
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Deuteronomy 5:28Deuteronomy 18:17Luke 10:28Luke 20:39Jeremiah 39:1Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 39:3Jeremiah 39:4Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 39:7Jeremiah 39:8

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II Kings 4:26

(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.
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Genesis 41:32II Corinthians 13:1II Corinthians 13:2Ezekiel 11:3Ezekiel 11:7Ezekiel 24:3Ezekiel 24:4Ezekiel 24:5Ezekiel 24:6Ezekiel 24:7Ezekiel 24:8Ezekiel 24:9

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Ezekiel 8:5

(14) Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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Jeremiah 4:6Jeremiah 6:1Jeremiah 6:22Jeremiah 10:22Jeremiah 31:8Jeremiah 46:20Jeremiah 50:9Jeremiah 50:41Isaiah 41:25Ezekiel 1:4

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(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.
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Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 6:22Jeremiah 10:22Jeremiah 10:25Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 25:28Jeremiah 25:31Jeremiah 25:32Jeremiah 39:3Jeremiah 43:10Isaiah 22:7Jeremiah 4:16

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Revelation 21:13I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 27:11Revelation 4:6Isaiah 60:18Numbers 26:42

(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.
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Jeremiah 4:12Jeremiah 4:28Jeremiah 5:9Jeremiah 5:29Ezekiel 24:14Joel 2:11Matthew 23:35Matthew 23:36Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 2:17Jeremiah 15:6Jeremiah 16:11

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Judges 10:6II Kings 22:17II Chronicles 34:25Jeremiah 44:9II Chronicles 25:14Jeremiah 16:11

(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.
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I Kings 18:46II Kings 4:29II Kings 9:1Job 38:3Luke 12:35I Peter 1:13Jeremiah 1:7Jeremiah 23:28Exodus 7:2Ezekiel 3:10Ezekiel 3:11Jonah 3:2

(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.
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Jeremiah 6:27Jeremiah 15:20Isaiah 50:7Ezekiel 3:8Ezekiel 3:9Micah 3:8Micah 3:9John 1:42Jeremiah 21:4Jeremiah 21:5Jeremiah 21:6Jeremiah 21:7

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Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41Psalms 68:27

(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.
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Jeremiah 11:19Jeremiah 15:10Jeremiah 15:11Jeremiah 15:12Jeremiah 15:13Jeremiah 15:14Jeremiah 15:15Jeremiah 15:16Jeremiah 15:17Jeremiah 15:18Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 15:20

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Jeremiah 15:20

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