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10 Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms.
    You will uproot and tear down.
    You will destroy and overthrow.
    You will build and plant.”

11 Again Yahweh spoke his word to me and asked, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

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

12 Then Yahweh said to me, “Right. I am watching to make sure that my words come true.”[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 There is a play on words here between Hebrew shaked (almond tree) and shoked (watching).

10 See, today I appoint you over nations(A) and kingdoms to uproot(B) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”(C)

11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(D)

“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](E) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.