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Jeremiah walks through the priestly village of Anathoth at dawn, looking toward Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 1:1-3

The priest from Anathoth

The Call and the Visions · Jeremiah 1

Story guide: Jeremiah leaves Anathoth as the years of his prophetic calling begin.

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1The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

2The word of Yahweh came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.

3The word continued to come to him during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, ended in its eleventh year, when Jerusalem’s people were taken into exile in the fifth month.

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