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Readings for Lent and Easter
Short readings from throughout the Bible that focus on the meaning and events of Easter.
Duration: 47 days
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)
Jeremiah 1:4-10
The Call of Jeremiah
4 The word of the Lord came to me:
5 I chose you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart before you were born.(A)
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.(B)
6 But I protested, ‘Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak(C) since I am only a youth.’(D)
7 Then the Lord said to me:
Do not say, ‘I am only a youth,’(E)
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.(F)
8 Do not be afraid of anyone,(G)
for I will be with you to rescue you.(H)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand, touched my mouth,(I) and told me:
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)
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