9. Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Now, I have put My words in your mouth.
10. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.”
11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12. Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well. For I will hasten My word to perform it.”
13. The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?”And I said, “I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north.”
14. Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north calamity will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
15. For I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord. And they will come and they will set each one his throneat the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,and against all the walls all around,and against all the cities of Judah.
16. I will utter My judgments against themconcerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Meand have burned incense to other gods,and have worshipped the works of their own hands.
17. You therefore gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
18. For indeed, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the officials, against the priests, and against the people of the land.
19. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.