Jeremiah 1:11-12
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh Confirms Jeremiah’s Call
11 And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,[a] “What are you seeing, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I am seeing a branch of an almond tree.” 12 Then Yahweh said to me, “You did well to see, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”
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- Jeremiah 1:11 Literally “to say”
Jeremiah 1:11-12
New International Version
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.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
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