1Yo, these are the vibes from Jeremiah, Hilkiah's kid, who was one of the priests chillin' in Anathoth, Benjamin land.

2The word of the Lord hit different during Josiah's reign, like, 13 years in, king of Judah.

3It also popped off during Jehoiakim's rule, all the way to Zedekiah's last year, when Jerusalem got taken captive in the fifth month.

4Then the word of the Lord slid into my DMs, saying,

5“Before I even formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you came out, I set you apart as a prophet to the nations, no cap.”

6I was like, “Yo, Lord God! I can’t even talk, I’m just a kid!”

7But the Lord was like, “Nah, don’t say that! You’re gonna go wherever I send you, and you'll say whatever I tell you.”

8“Don’t stress about their faces; I got your back to deliver you,” says the Lord.

9Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth, saying, “Look, I’ve put my words in your mouth.”

10“Check it, I’ve set you over nations and kingdoms to tear down, destroy, build, and plant. This is lit.”

11Then the word of the Lord came again, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a rod from an almond tree.”

12The Lord was like, “You’re on point; I’m gonna make my word happen fast.”

13The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing north.”

14Then the Lord said, “From the north, some bad stuff's coming for everyone in the land.”

15“I’m calling all the fams from the north kingdoms,” says the Lord; they’ll roll up and set up thrones at Jerusalem’s gates and all around Judah.

16“I’ll drop my judgments on them for all their wickedness, 'cause they left me, burned incense to other gods, and worshipped their own creations.”

17“So get ready, rise up, and say everything I command you; don’t be shook by their faces, or I’ll throw you off.”

18“Look, I’ve made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, the kings, princes, priests, and people of Judah.”

19“They’ll come for you, but they won’t win; I’m with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.”

1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

2To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

4Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

6Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

7But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

9Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

11Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

12Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

13And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

14Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

15For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

16And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

18For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.