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Then the Lord extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me,

See, I place my words in your mouth!(A)
10     Today I appoint you
    over nations and over kingdoms,
To uproot and to tear down,
    to destroy and to demolish,
    to build and to plant.

11 The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? “I see a branch of the almond tree,”[a] I replied.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 There is wordplay between the Hebrew noun shaqed, “almond tree,” and the Hebrew verb shoqed, “watcher/watching.” Because the almond tree begins to bloom in late winter in Palestine, it is called “the watcher” for the coming of spring. God is also “watcher,” observing the fulfillment of the prophetic word.

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched(A) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.(B) 10 See, today I appoint you over nations(C) and kingdoms to uproot(D) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”(E)

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

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

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