Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”

The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!”

Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the Lord.

Then the Lord said, “You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out.”

They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the Lord.

No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

And I cried out, “We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, ‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!

“I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false.