Jeremiah 1:10-12
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10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”(A)
11 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”(B) 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching[a] over my word to perform it.”
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- 1.12 In Heb the word for almond resembles the word for watching
Jeremiah 1:10-12
New International Version
10 See, today I appoint you over nations(A) and kingdoms to uproot(B) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”(C)
11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(D)
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[a](E) to see that my word is fulfilled.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
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