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Jeremiah 1:4-5
New English Translation

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

4 The Lord’s message came to me,

5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb[a] I chose you.[b]
Before you were born I set you apart.
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

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  1. Jeremiah 1:5 tn Heb “the womb.” The words “your mother’s” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  2. Jeremiah 1:5 tn Heb “I knew you.” The parallelism here with “set you apart” and “appointed you” make clear that Jeremiah is speaking of his foreordination to be a prophet. For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2.
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Jeremiah 1:4-5
New International Version

The Call of Jeremiah

4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 “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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  1. Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose
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