I will bringupon that landallMy wordswhichI have pronouncedagainstit, allthat is writtenin thisbookwhichJeremiahhas prophesiedagainstallthe nations.
Sowill My wordbe whichgoesforthfrom My mouth;It will not returnto Me empty,WithoutaccomplishingwhatI desire,And without succeeding[in the matter] for whichI sentit.
"See,I have appointedyou thisdayoverthe nationsand overthe kingdoms,To pluckup and to breakdown,To destroyand to overthrow,To buildand to plant."
"BeforeI formedyou in the wombI knewyou, And beforeyou were bornI consecratedyou; I have appointedyou a prophetto the nations."
"Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,Writeallthe wordswhichI have spokento you in a book.
"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.
"And concerningJehoiakimkingof Judahyou shall say,'Thussaysthe LORD,"You have burnedthisscroll,saying,Whyhave you writtenon it that the kingof Babylonwill certainlycomeand destroythisland,and will make manand beastto ceasefrom it?'"
Then JeremiahcalledBaruchthe sonof Neriah,and Baruchwroteon a scrollat the dictationof Jeremiahallthe wordsof the LORDwhichHe had spokento him.
"'PERES--your kingdomhas beendividedand givenover to the Medesand Persians."
So Dariusthe Medereceivedthe kingdomat about the ageof sixty-two.
And they saidto me, "You mustprophesyagainconcerningmanypeoplesand nationsand tonguesand kings."
