In Context

6 Then I said, |Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.|

7 But Yahweh said to me, |Don't say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

8 Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you,| says Yahweh.

9 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, |Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

10 Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.|

11 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, |Jeremiah, what do you see?| I said, |I see a branch of an almond tree.|

Jeremiah 1:9 in Other Translations