6 Then said I:
^a“Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”  ‡

7 But the Lord said to me:
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
For you shall go to all to whom I send you,
And ^awhatever I command you, you shall speak. ‡

9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and ^atouched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
“Behold, I have ^bput My words in your mouth. ‡

10 ^aSee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To ^broot out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.”  ‡