Passage Jeremiah 1:5
Jeremiah 1:5 has God say that before he formed Jeremiah in the womb he knew him, and that he appointed him a prophet to the nations. The argument sets this beside Jeremiah’s complaint in Jeremiah 20:7 that the LORD has deceived him and that he was deceived. A prophet chosen before birth is hard to reconcile with a God who is said to deceive that same prophet.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5
O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me.
Jeremiah 20:7
Source: see Credits and references (no. 18, p. 16).