11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

And I said, “I see a [a]branch of an almond tree.”

12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [b]ready to perform My word.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:11 Lit. rod
  2. Jeremiah 1:12 Lit. watching

11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(A)

“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](B) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.