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Jeremiah 1:10-12
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Jeremiah 1:10-12
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10 Today your work begins, to warn the nations and the kingdoms of the world. In accord with my words spoken through your mouth I will tear down some and destroy them, and plant others, nurture them, and make them strong and great.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a whip made from the branch of an almond tree.”
12 And the Lord replied, “That’s right, and it means that I will surely carry out my threats of punishment.”[a]
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- Jeremiah 1:12 I will surely carry out my threats of punishment. There is a wordplay here between shaqedh (almond) in v. 11 and shoqedh (watching) in v. 12: “For I am watching over my word to perform it.”
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