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Before 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.

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“Before I formed you in the womb(A) I knew[a](B) you,
    before you were born(C) I set you apart;(D)
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father,
saying, A man child is born unto thee;
making him very glad.
16 And let that man be as the cities
which the Lord overthrew, and repented not:
and let him hear the cry in the morning,
and the shouting at noontide;
17 because he slew me not from the womb;
or that my mother might have been my grave,
and her womb to be always great with me.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb
to see labour and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?

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15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
    who made him very glad, saying,
    “A child is born to you—a son!”
16 May that man be like the towns(A)
    the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing(B) in the morning,
    a battle cry at noon.
17 For he did not kill me in the womb,(C)
    with my mother as my grave,
    her womb enlarged forever.
18 Why did I ever come out of the womb(D)
    to see trouble(E) and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?(F)

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