¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

¹ The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

² To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his rule.

¹⁵ Only be certain that, if you put me to death, you will make yourselves and your town and its people responsible for the blood of one who has done no wrong: for truly, the Lord has sent me to you to say all these words in your ears.