1 便雅悯地亚拿突城的一位祭司， 希勒家的儿子耶利米的话记在下面。
2 犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚作王第十三年， 耶和华的话临到耶利米。
3 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬年间， 直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家末年， 就是第十一年五月， 耶路撒冷人被掳的时候， 耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
4 耶和华的话临到我， 说：
5 "我使你在母腹中成形以先， 就认识你； 你还未出母胎， 我已把你分别为圣， 立你作列国的先知。"
6 我就说： "主耶和华啊！ 我不晓得说话， 因为我年轻。"
7 耶和华对我说： "你不要说： ‘我年轻’， 因为无论我差你到谁那里， 你都要去； 无论我吩咐你说什么， 你都要说。
8 你不要怕他们， 因为我与你同在， 要拯救你。"这是耶和华的宣告。
9 于是耶和华伸手按着我的口， 对我说： "看哪！ 我把我的话放在你口中。
10 今日我立你在列邦列国之上， 为要拔出、拆毁、毁灭、倾覆， 又要建立和栽植。"
11 耶和华的话又临到我， 说： "耶利米， 你看见什么？"我说： "我看见一根杏树枝子。"
12 耶和华对我说： "你看得不错， 因为我要留意使我的话成就。"
13 耶和华的话再次临到我， 说： "你看见什么？"我说： "我看见一个沸腾的锅， 锅口从北面向南倾侧。"
14 耶和华对我说： "必有灾祸从北方发出， 临到这地所有的居民。
15 看哪！ 我要呼召北方列国的众族， 他们要来， 各人在耶路撒冷的城门口， 设立自己的座位， 攻击耶路撒冷周围的城墙， 又攻击犹大各城镇。"这是耶和华的宣告。
16 "为了他们的一切恶事， 就是离弃我， 向别神烧香， 叩拜自己手所做的， 我要宣判他们的罪。
17 "因此， 你要束腰， 你要起来， 把我吩咐你的一切话， 都告诉他们。不要因他们惊惶， 不然我就使你在他们面前惊惶。
18 看哪！ 今日我使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙， 抵挡全地， 就是抵挡犹大的君王、首领、祭司和这地的众民。
19 他们必攻击你， 却不能胜过你， 因为我与你同在， 要拯救你。"这是耶和华的宣告。
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 2 to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. 7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth: 10 see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
11 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree. 12 Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
13 And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north. 14 Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.