Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C: 1st Reading

Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19

The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
   Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
      before you were born I dedicated you,
      a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

   But do you gird your loins;
      stand up and tell them
   vall that I command you.
   Be not crushed on their account,
      as though I would leave you crushed before them;
   for it is I this day
      who have made you a fortified city,
   a pillar of iron, a wall of brass,
      against the whole land:
   against Judah’s kings and princes,
      against its priests and people.
   They will fight against you but not prevail over you,
      for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.