Jeremiah 1:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Then the Lord told me, “Don’t say, ‘I’m only^[a] a young man,’ for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you. ⁸ Don’t be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

⁹ The Lord stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and then told me, “Look, I’ve put my words in your mouth.