^{4 Ref} Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

^{5 Ref} Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

^{6 Ref} Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

^{7 Ref} But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

^{8 Ref} Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.

^{9 Ref} Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

^{10 Ref} See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.