"BeforeI formedyou in the wombI knewyou, And beforeyou were bornI consecratedyou; I have appointedyou a prophetto the nations."
Your eyeshave seenmy unformedsubstance;And in Your bookwere allwrittenThe daysthat were ordained[for me], When as yet there was not oneof them.
Listento Me, O islands,And payattention,you peoplesfrom afar.The LORDcalledMe from the womb;From the bodyof My motherHe namedMe.
For those whomHe foreknew,He alsopredestined[to become] conformedto the imageof His Son,sothat He would be the firstbornamongmanybrethren;
And nowsaysthe LORD,who formedMe from the wombto be His Servant,To bringJacobbackto Him, so that Israelmight be gatheredto Him (For I am honoredin the sightof the LORD,And My Godis My strength),
Thussaysthe LORDwho madeyou And formedyou from the womb,who will helpyou, 'Do not fear,O JacobMy servant;And you Jeshurunwhom I have chosen.
WhenElizabethheardMary'sgreeting,the babyleapedin her womb;and Elizabethwas filledwith the HolySpirit.
"And you, child,will be calledthe prophetof the Most High;For you will goon BEFORETHE LORDTO PREPAREHIS WAYS;
The LORDsaidto Moses,"I will alsodothisthingof whichyou have spoken;for you have foundfavorin My sightand I have knownyou by name."
"See,I have appointedyou thisdayoverthe nationsand overthe kingdoms,To pluckup and to breakdown,To destroyand to overthrow,To buildand to plant."
Then Mosessaidto the LORD,"See,You sayto me, 'Bringup thispeople!'But You Yourselfhave not let me knowwhomYou will sendwith me. Moreover, You have said,'I have knownyou by name,and you have alsofoundfavorin My sight.'
"For he will be greatin the sightof the Lord;and he will drinknowineorliquor,and he will be filledwith the HolySpiritwhile yetin his mother'swomb.
Paul,a bond-servantof ChristJesus,called[as] an apostle,set apartfor the gospelof God,
"Their Redeemeris strong,the LORDof hostsis His name;He will vigorouslypleadtheir caseSothat He may bringrestto the earth,But turmoilto the inhabitantsof Babylon.
And He putallthingsin subjectionunderHis feet,and gaveHim as headoverall thingsto the church,
do you sayof Him, whomthe Fathersanctifiedand sentinto the world,'You are blaspheming,'becauseI said,I amthe Sonof God'?
but ifanyonelovesGod,he is knownby Him.
My framewas not hiddenfrom You, WhenI was madein secret,[And] skillfullywroughtin the depthsof the earth;
Now the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
I will bringupon that landallMy wordswhichI have pronouncedagainstit, allthat is writtenin thisbookwhichJeremiahhas prophesiedagainstallthe nations.
"Takea scrolland writeon it allthe wordswhichI have spokento you concerningIsraeland concerningJudah,and concerningallthe nations,from the dayI [first] spoketo you, from the daysof Josiah,even to thisday.
Cursedbe the manwhobroughtthe newsTo my father,saying,"A babyboyhas been bornto you!" [And] made him veryhappy.
