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Jeremiah 1:5

World English Bible

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
Before you were born, I sanctified you.
I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

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Jeremiah 1:5 in other translations

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jeremiah 1:5 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 1:5 in context

  1. 3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
  2. 4Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  3. 5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
    Before you were born, I sanctified you.
    I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
  4. 6Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
  5. 7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.