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10 Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms.
    You will pull up and tear down.
You will destroy and overthrow.
    You will build up and plant.”

Two Visions

11 The Lord’s message came to me: “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

I answered, “I see a stick made from almond wood.”

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen very well, and I am watching[a] to make sure that my message to you comes true.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 watching This is a wordplay. Shaqed is the Hebrew word for “almond wood,” and shoqed means “watching.”

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