ῥῆμα τοῦ θεοῦ ὃ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Ιερεμιαν τὸν τοῦ Χελκιου ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων ὃς κατῴκει ἐν Αναθωθ ἐν γῇ Βενιαμιν
The word of God that came upon Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, from the priests who dwelt in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin
The Koine Bible
The Scriptures in Greek with direct English translation.
Rahlfs Septuagint
Jeremiah 1
Greek text followed verse by verse by a direct English translation.
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ἐγενήθη λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ιωσια υἱοῦ Αμως βασιλέως Ιουδα ἔτους τρισκαιδεκάτου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ
to whom the word of God came in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign
ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ιωακιμ υἱοῦ Ιωσια βασιλέως Ιουδα ἕως ἑνδεκάτου ἔτους Σεδεκια υἱοῦ Ιωσια βασιλέως Ιουδα ἕως τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας Ιερουσαλημ ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ μηνί
and it came to pass in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying
τοῦ με πλάσαι σε ἐν κοιλίᾳ ἐπίσταμαί σε καὶ πρὸ τοῦ σε ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ μήτρας ἡγίακά σε προφήτην εἰς ἔθνη τέθεικά σε
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you came out from the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
And I said, O Lord God, behold, I do not know how to speak, because I am younger.
εἶπεν κύριος πρός με μὴ λέγε ὅτι νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι ὅτι πρὸς πάντας οὓς ἐὰν ἐξαποστείλω σε πορεύσῃ καὶ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν ἐντείλωμαί σοι λαλήσεις
And the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am younger, because to all whom I may send you, you shall go, and according to all that I may command you, you shall speak.
Do not fear before them, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
ἐξέτεινεν κύριος τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ πρός με καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ στόματός μου καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με ἰδοὺ δέδωκα τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὸ στόμα σου
And the Lord stretched out his hand toward me and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have given my words into your mouth.
κατέστακά σε σήμερον ἐπὶ ἔθνη καὶ βασιλείας ἐκριζοῦν καὶ κατασκάπτειν καὶ ἀπολλύειν καὶ ἀνοικοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν
Behold, I have set you today over nations and kingdoms, to root out and to pull down and to destroy and to build up and to plant.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, A staff of almond wood.
And the Lord said to me, You have seen well, because I am watching over my words to do them.
ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με ἐκ δευτέρου λέγων τί σὺ ὁρᾷς καὶ εἶπα λέβητα ὑποκαιόμενον καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου βορρᾶ
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, A boiling pot, and its face was from the face of the north.
And the Lord said to me, From the face of the north the evils shall be kindled against all those who dwell on the land.
ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συγκαλῶ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας ἀπὸ βορρᾶ τῆς γῆς λέγει κύριος καὶ ἥξουσιν καὶ θήσουσιν ἕκαστος τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ πρόθυρα τῶν πυλῶν Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ τείχη τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις Ιουδα
For behold, I am summoning all the kingdoms from the north of the earth, says the Lord, and they will come and each one will set his throne at the doorposts of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its walls around and against all the cities of Judah
λαλήσω πρὸς αὐτοὺς μετὰ κρίσεως περὶ πάσης τῆς κακίας αὐτῶν ὡς ἐγκατέλιπόν με καὶ ἔθυσαν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις καὶ προσεκύνησαν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν
And I will speak against them with judgment concerning all their wickedness, because they abandoned me and sacrificed to foreign gods and worshiped the works of their hands.
σὺ περίζωσαι τὴν ὀσφύν σου καὶ ἀνάστηθι καὶ εἰπὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείλωμαί σοι μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν μηδὲ πτοηθῇς ἐναντίον αὐτῶν ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε λέγει κύριος
And you, gird up your loins and stand up and speak to them all that I may command you; do not be afraid because of their face, nor be terrified before them, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
τέθεικά σε ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὡς πόλιν ὀχυρὰν καὶ ὡς τεῖχος χαλκοῦν ὀχυρὸν ἅπασιν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ιουδα καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς
Behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a bronze wall, fortified against all the kings of Judah and against its rulers and against the people of the land
And they will fight against you, and they shall by no means be able against you, because I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.