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11 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”(A) 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching[a] over my word to perform it.”

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  1. 1.12 In Heb the word for almond resembles the word for watching

Two Visions

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

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over[a] my word to accomplish it.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 In Hb, the word for almond tree sounds like the word for watch over