Jeremiah 1:4-10 - The Call Of Jeremiah
4 So then, the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
5 Before I formed thee at thy birth, I took knowledge of thee, And before thy nativity, I hallowed thee, - A prophet to the nations, I appointed thee.
6 Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!
7 Then said Yahweh unto me, Do not say, A child, am, I, - For against whomsoever I send thee, shalt thou go, And whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak: 8 Be not afraid of their faces, For with thee, am I, to deliver thee Declareth Yahweh.
9 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth, - and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See! I have set thee in charge this day, over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and to break down, and to destroy and to tear in pieces, - To build and to plant.