Jeremiah 1:11-12
New American Standard Bible
The Almond Branch and Boiling Pot
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, (A)Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an [a]almond tree.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for (B)I am [b]watching over My word to perform it.”
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- Jeremiah 1:11 Heb shaqed, see note v 12
- Jeremiah 1:12 Heb shoqed, a wordplay on almond in v 11 (see note v 11)
Jeremiah 1:11-12
Revised Standard Version
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a rod of almond.”[a] 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching[b] over my word to perform it.”
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- Jeremiah 1:11 Heb shaqed
- Jeremiah 1:12 Heb shoqed
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