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I will help them because I am your God, the Lord All-Powerful, who makes the ocean roar.

My people, you will learn who I am and who is speaking because I am here.

You were like a young wife, brokenhearted and crying because her husband had divorced her. But the Lord your God says, "I am taking you back!

You will call out to nations you have never known. And they have never known you, but they will come running because I am the Lord , the holy God of Israel, and I have honored you.

Our holy God lives forever in the highest heavens, and this is what he says: Though I live high above in the holy place, I am here to help those who are humble and depend only on me.

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.

When you beg the Lord for help, he will answer, "Here I am!" Don't mistreat others or falsely accuse them or say something cruel.

Even the smallest family will be a powerful nation. I am the Lord , and when the time comes, I will quickly do all this.

I, the Lord , was ready answer even those who were not asking and to be found by those who were not searching. To a nation that refused to worship me, I said, "Here I am!"

I am God! I can be trusted. Your past troubles are gone; I no longer think of them. When you pray for someone to receive a blessing, or when you make a promise, you must do it in my name. I alone am the God who can be trusted.

I am creating new heavens and a new earth; everything of the past will be forgotten.

Celebrate and be glad forever! I am creating a Jerusalem, full of happy people.

My name is Jeremiah. I am a priest, and my father Hilkiah and everyone else in my family are from Anathoth in the territory of the Benjamin tribe. This book contains the things that the Lord told me to say.

"Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations."

The Lord reached out his hand, then he touched my mouth and said, "I am giving you the words to say,

and I am sending you with authority to speak to the nations for me. You will tell them of doom and destruction, and of rising and rebuilding again."

You will find that no nation has ever abandoned its gods even though they were false. I am the true and glorious God, but you have rejected me to worship idols.

Jeremiah, shout toward the north: Israel, I am your Lord — come back to me! You were unfaithful and made me furious, but I am merciful, and so I will forgive you.

When disaster comes, the Lord will tell you people of Jerusalem, "I am sending a windstorm from the desert— not a welcome breeze. And it will sweep you away as punishment for your sins. <

I am the Lord God All-Powerful. Jeremiah, I will tell you exactly what to say. Your words will be a fire; Israel and Judah will be the fuel.