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10 See, today I have appointed you over nations and over kingdoms:
    to uproot and to tear down,
    to destroy and to overthrow,
    to build and to plant.”

11 Moreover, the word of Adonai came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I answered, “I see an almond branch.”

12 Then Adonai said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching over[a] My word to perform it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Heb. words for almond and watching over are similar.