The words of Yirmeyahu the son of Ḥilqiyyahu, of the priests who were in ῾Anatot in the land of Binyamin:

to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Yoshiyyahu the son of Amon king of Yehuda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

It came also in the days of Yehoyaqim the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda to the end of the eleventh year of Żidqiyyahu the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda, to the carrying away of Yerushalayim captive in the fifth month.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou didst come out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet to the nations.

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all to whom I shall send thee, and whatever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Do not be afraid of them: for I am with thee to deliver thee, says the Lord.

Then the Lord put out his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

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.

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What dost thou see, Yirmeyahu? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Then the Lord said to me, Thou hast seen well: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What dost thou see? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and its face is from the north.

Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north the evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Yerushalayim, and against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Yehuda.

And I will utter my judgments against them regarding all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: do not be dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass against the whole land, against the kings of Yehuda, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, says the Lord, to deliver thee.