Bible Verse

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 1:1

The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

Jeremiah 1:2

and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

Jeremiah 1:3

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”