Jeremiah 1:4-9

New International Reader's Version

The Lord Appoints Jeremiah to Speak for Him

⁴A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,

⁵“Before I formed you in your mother’s body I chose you.
Before you were born I set you apart to serve me.
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

⁶“You are my Lord and King,” I said. “I don’t know how to speak. I’m too young.”

⁷But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I’m too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say. ⁸Do not be afraid of the people I send you to. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.

⁹Then the Lord reached out his hand. He touched my mouth and spoke to me. He said, “I have put my words in your mouth.

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