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. ‡

8 ^aDo not be afraid of their faces,
For ^bI am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.  ‡

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.”  ‡

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a¹ branch of an almond tree.”  ‡