Jeremiah 1:4-10 ▼

4 And the word of YHWH came to me saying,

5 “Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth from the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

6 And I said, “Ah, Lord YHWH! Behold, I have not known to speak, for I am a youth.”

7 And YHWH said to me, “Do not say ‘I am a youth.’ For you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and all that I command you, you shall speak.

8 “Do not be afraid of their faces; for I am with you to deliver you,” a declaration of YHWH.

9 And YHWH stretched out His hand and touched my mouth. And YHWH said to me “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

10 See, I have set you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, and to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.”