5 “Before I1aformed you in the womb bI knew you; Before you were born I csanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then said I: a“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And awhatever I command you, you shall speak.
8aDo not be afraid of their faces, For bI am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and atouched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have bput My words in your mouth.
10aSee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To broot out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a1 branch of an almond tree.”
12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am1 ready to perform My word.”
Above all others, Jeremiah is the "Axial Man," prepared by God. God told him that he was a prophet not only to Israel and Judah, but to many other nations and kingdoms, and his job was to root out, pull down, destroy, throw down, build, and plant. Jeremiah 25:15-30 greatly fleshes out Jeremiah's commission.
Above all others, Jeremiah is the "axial" man prepared by God. God told Jeremiah, a prophet not only to Israel and Judah but to the nations and kingdoms, to root out, pull down, destroy, throw down, build, and plant. Many of us understand this verse in light of Jeremiah's influence on the destruction of Judah and the replanting of David's dynasty in Ireland. However, Jeremiah 25:15-29 shows that his responsibility extended much farther than Israel and Judah.
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