Jeremiah 1:11
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a rod watching.

what seest thou

Amos 7:8 These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

Amos 8:2 These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit.

Zechariah 4:2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof.

Zechariah 5:2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

I see a rod

Numbers 17:8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

Ezekiel 7:10 Behold the day, behold it is come: destruction is gone forth, the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Context
The Call of Jeremiah
10Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant. 11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a rod watching.12And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.…
Cross References
Genesis 30:37
And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.

Jeremiah 24:3
And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: Figs, the good figs, very good: and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten because they are bad.

Amos 7:8
These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

Lexicon
And the word
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came
וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to me,
אֵלַ֣י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

asking,
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“What
מָה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you
אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

see,
רֹאֶ֖ה (rō·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

Jeremiah?”
יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

“I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

see
רֹאֶֽה׃ (rō·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

a branch
מַקֵּ֥ל (maq·qêl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4731: A shoot, stick

of an almond tree,”
שָׁקֵ֖ד (šā·qêḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8247: Almond (tree)

I replied.
וָאֹמַ֕ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What seest thou? And I said, A rod of an almond tree.

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, What seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree."

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' And I say, 'A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.'
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