1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilki´ah, of the priests that were in An´athoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josi´ah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoi´akim the son of Josi´ah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedeki´ah the son of Josi´ah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.