Jeremiah 1:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

⁹ Then the Lord reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, “Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak. ¹⁰ Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”