Jeremiah 1:2-4

Contemporary English Version

^2 (A) The Lord first spoke to me in the thirteenth year that Josiah^[a] was king of Judah, ^3 (B) and he continued to speak to me during the rule of Josiah's son Jehoiakim.^[b] The last time the Lord spoke to me was in the fifth month^[c] of the eleventh year that Josiah's son Zedekiah^[d] was king. That was also when the people of Jerusalem were taken away as prisoners.

The Lord Chooses Jeremiah

⁴ The Lord said: