Jeremiah 1:4-10 - The Call Of Jeremiah

⁴ And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

⁵ "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out from [the] womb I consecrated you; I appointed you [as] a prophet to the nations."

⁶ Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know [how] to speak, for I [am] a youth."

⁷ But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,' for to {whomever} I send you, you will go, and {whatever} I command you, you will speak. ⁸ {Do not be afraid of them}, for I [am] with you to deliver you," {declares} Yahweh.

⁹ Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and he touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth. ¹⁰ See, I appoint you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy and to tear down, to build and to plant."