Jeremiah 1:6-10

New Century Version

⁶ Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

⁷ But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am only a boy.’ You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say everything I tell you to say. ⁸ Don’t be afraid of anyone, because I am with you to protect you,” says the Lord.

⁹ Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth. He said to me, “See, I am putting my words in your mouth. ¹⁰ Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will pull up and tear down, destroy and overthrow, build up and plant.”