"Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying , "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said "I see a branch of an almond tree" Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word"
Jeremiah 1:11-12
Ready: In the Hebrew the word ready means watching , waking , hastening anticipating; to be sleepless, alert, vigilant, on the lookout.
In Jeremiah 31:28 God promises to watch over His people with an intent to build and to plant them. There is a connection here between the "waking" and the "almond". The almond is considered the "waker" in Hebrew thought, because it, of all trees, blossoms early, watching diligently for the opportunity to bloom.
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