24AND THEY WILL GO OUT AND THEY WILL LOOK ON [THE] CORPSES OF THE PEOPLE WHO REBELLED AGAINST ME FOR WORM THEIR NOT IT WILL DIE AND FIRE THEIR NOT IT WILL BE EXTINGUISHED AND THEY WILL BE AN ABHORRENCE TO ALL FLESH 24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched,*NoteCloseCited in Mark 9:48 and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
1[THE] WORDS OF JEREMIAH [THE] SON OF HILKIAH ONE OF THE PRIESTS WHO [WERE] AT ANATHOTH IN [THE] LAND OF BENJAMIN The Call of Jeremiah 1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
2WHOM IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO HIM IN [THE] DAYS OF JOSIAH [THE] SON OF AMON [THE] KING OF JUDAH IN THIR- TEEN YEAR OF REIGNING HIS 2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
3AND IT CAME IN [THE] DAYS OF JEHOIAKIM [THE] SON OF JOSIAH [THE] KING OF JUDAH UNTIL WAS FINISHED ONE [PLUS] TEN YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH [THE] SON OF JOSIAH [THE] KING OF JUDAH UNTIL WENT INTO EXILE JERUSALEM IN THE MONTH <THE> FIFTH 3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
5<IN> BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE BELLY I KNEW YOU AND <IN> BEFORE YOU CAME FORTH FROM [THE] WOMB I SET APART YOU A PROPHET TO THE NATIONS I APPOINTED YOU 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6AND I SAID ALAS! O LORD YAHWEH HERE! NOT I KNOW TO SPEAK FOR [AM] A YOUTH I 6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
7AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO ME MAY NOT YOU SAY [AM] A YOUTH I FOR TO EVERY [ONE] WHOM I WILL SEND YOU YOU WILL GO AND <OBJ.> ALL THAT I WILL COMMAND YOU YOU WILL SPEAK 7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go and all that I command you, you must speak.
8MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID OF <BEFORE> THEM FOR [WILL BE] WITH YOU I TO DELIVER YOU [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
9AND HE STRETCHED OUT YAHWEH <OBJ.> HAND HIS AND HE TOUCHED <ON> MOUTH MY AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO ME HERE! I HAVE PUT WORDS MY IN MOUTH YOUR 9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
10SEE I APPOINT YOU THE DAY <THE> THIS OVER THE NATIONS AND OVER <THE> KINGDOMS TO PLUCK UP AND TO PULL DOWN AND TO DESTROY AND TO TEAR DOWN TO BUILD AND TO PLANT 10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
11AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME <TO> SAYING WHAT? [ARE] YOU SEEING O JEREMIAH AND I SAID A BRANCH OF AN ALMOND TREE I [AM] SEEING 11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO ME YOU HAVE DONE WELL TO SEE FOR [AM] WATCHING I OVER WORD MY TO DO IT 12“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD “for I am watching*NoteCloseThe Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree. over My word to accomplish it.”
13AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME A SECOND [TIME] <TO> SAYING WHAT? [ARE] YOU SEEING AND I SAID A POT BLOWN UPON I [AM] SEEING AND FACE ITS [IS] AWAY FROM [THE] FACE OF NORTH -WARD 13Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
14AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO ME FROM [THE] NORTH IT WILL BE LET LOOSE <THE> CALAMITY ON ALL [THE] INHABITANTS OF THE LAND 14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
15FOR HERE I [AM] SUMMONING <TO> ALL [THE] CLANS OF [THE] KINGDOMS OF NORTH -WARD [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH AND THEY WILL COME AND THEY WILL SET EACH ONE THRONE HIS [THE] ENTRANCE OF [THE] GATES OF JERUSALEM AND ON ALL WALLS ITS ALL AROUND AND ON ALL [THE] CITIES OF JUDAH 15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
16AND I WILL SPEAK JUDGMENTS MY WITH THEM ON ALL WICKEDNESS THEIR WHICH THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME AND THEY HAVE MADE SMOKE TO GODS OTHER AND THEY HAVE BOWED DOWN TO [THE] PRODUCTS OF HANDS THEIR 16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17AND YOU YOU WILL GIRD LOINS YOUR AND YOU WILL ARISE AND YOU WILL SAY TO THEM <OBJ.> ALL THAT I I WILL COMMAND YOU MAY NOT YOU BE DISMAYED <FROM> BECAUSE OF THEM LEST I SHOULD MAKE DISMAYED YOU <TO> BEFORE THEM 17Get yourself ready.*NoteCloseHebrew Gird up your loins. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
18AND I HERE! I HAVE MADE YOU THIS DAY INTO A CITY OF FORTIFICATION AND INTO A PILLAR OF IRON AND INTO WALLS OF BRONZE ON ALL THE LAND TO [THE] KINGS OF JUDAH TO OFFICIALS ITS TO PRIESTS ITS AND TO [THE] PEOPLE OF THE LAND 18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land— against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
19AND THEY WILL FIGHT AGAINST YOU AND NOT THEY WILL PREVAIL TO <THE> YOU FOR [WILL BE] WITH YOU I [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH TO DELIVER YOU 19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.