8. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,’ declares the Lord.
9. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘I have put my words in your mouth.
10. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.’
11. The word of the Lord came to me: ‘What do you see, Jeremiah?’‘I see the branch of an almond tree,’ I replied.
12. The Lord said to me, ‘You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.’