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Jeremiah 1:11–12

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11The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”w

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

12The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watchingbx to see that my word is fulfilled.”

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Footnotes

  1. bThe Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.

Cross references

  1. wJer 24:3; Am 7:8
  2. xSee Job 29:2; Jer 44:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond branch.” Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the word of the Lord came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”

And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”

And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “What are you seeing, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I am seeing a branch of an almond tree.” Then Yahweh said to me, “You did well to see, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.