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10 lo! I have ordained thee today on folks, and on realms (lo! today I have ordained thee over nations, and over kingdoms), that thou draw up, and destroy, and lose, and scatter, and build, and plant.

11 And the word of the Lord was made to me, and said, What seest thou, Jeremy? And I said, I see a rod wakening. (And the word of the Lord was made to me, and said, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, I see a branch, or a shoot, of an almond tree.)

12 And the Lord said to me, Thou hast seen well, for I shall wake[a] on my word, to do it. (And the Lord said to me, Thou hast seen well, for I am on watch, to carry out my word.)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 This word in Hebrew sounds like the Hebrew for “almond”.