Jer 1:5 | NETfull | STEP | “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5

5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb ^{▼▼ Heb “the womb.” The words “your mother’s” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.} I chose you. ^{▼▼ Heb “I knew you.” The parallelism here with “set you apart” and “appointed you” make clear that Jeremiah is speaking of his foreordination to be a prophet. For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2.}
Before you were born I set you apart.
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”