Verse 5
Jeremiah 1:5
Bible in Basic English
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Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם אצור/ך אֶצָּרְ/ךָ֤ בַ/בֶּ֨טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔י/ךָ וּ/בְ/טֶ֛רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵ/רֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑י/ךָ נָבִ֥יא לַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽי/ךָ
English Translation
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you came out of the womb, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
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To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thir...
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And it came again in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the eleventh yea...
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Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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11
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13
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14
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