4 A message came to me from the Lord. He 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 only a child."
7 But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I'm only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say.
8 Do not be afraid of the people I send you to. I am with you. I will save you," announces the Lord.
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand. He touched my mouth and spoke to me. He said, "I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Today I am appointing you to speak to nations and kingdoms. I want you to pull them up by the roots and tear them down. I want you to destroy them and crush them. But I also want you to build them up and plant them."