Jeremiah 1:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations.”

Cross References

Psalm 139:15

Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below,

Psalm 139:16

but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything I would do.

Exodus 33:12

Moses said to the LORD, “I know that you have told me to lead these people to the land you promised them. But you have not told me who my assistant will be. You have said that you are my friend and that you are pleased with me.

Exodus 33:17

So the LORD told him, “I will do what you have asked, because I am your friend and I am pleased with you.”

Isaiah 44:2

I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. Israel, don't be terrified! You are my chosen servant, my very favourite.

Isaiah 49:1

Everyone, listen, even you foreign nations across the sea. The LORD chose me and gave me a name before I was born.

Isaiah 49:5

Even before I was born, the LORD God chose me to serve him and to lead back the people of Israel. So the LORD has honoured me and made me strong.

Jeremiah 1:10

and I am sending you with authority to speak to the nations for me. You will tell them of doom and destruction, and of rising and rebuilding again.”

Jeremiah 1:4

The LORD said:

Jeremiah 20:15

Put a curse on the man who told my father, “Good news! You have a son.”

Jeremiah 25:13

My servant Jeremiah has told you what I said I will do to Babylonia and to the other nations, and he wrote it all down in this book. I will do everything I threatened.

Jeremiah 36:2

since the time Josiah was king, I have been speaking to you about Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Now, get a scroll and write down everything I have told you,

Jeremiah 50:34

But I, the LORD All-Powerful, will rescue and protect them. I will bring peace to their land and trouble to yours.

Luke 1:15

Your son will be a great servant of the Lord. He must never drink wine or beer, and the power of the Holy Spirit will be with him from the time he is born.

Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, her baby moved within her. The Holy Spirit came upon Elizabeth.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called a prophet of God in heaven above. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

John 10:36

So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world.

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me to preach the good news

Romans 8:29

and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so that his Son would be the first of many children.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But God has no doubts about who loves him.

Ephesians 1:22

God has put all things under the power of Christ, and for the good of the church he has made him the head of everything.