Jeremiah

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NASB	Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."
AMPLIFIED 2015	Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations." [Ex 33:12; Is 49:1, 5; Rom 8:29]

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Bible Question (short): what does Jeremiah 1:5 means?

Question (full): I had a conversation with a mormon one of these days and he used this text to prove that we, in the past, lived already with a flesh-and-bones God.

Well, I know that this is quite stupid as well as all their beliefs are, but I wanna understand what God wanted to say when he say "before I formed you in the womb I knew you.."

I know that hebrew poetry repeats the same ideia with different words, then I understand that, the expression "Before I formed you in the womb I knew.." doesn't mean a pre-existence with God, but that this expression links with the second statement "before you were born", which means, that God saw the embryo and already knew his inclinations, tendencies etc.

Is that all right? Can you help me to understand more fully this verse?

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