8. Do not be afraid of them! For I am with you to deliver you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
9. Then Adonai stretched out His hand and touched my mouth and Adonai said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
10. See, today I have appointed you over nations and over kingdoms: to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11. Moreover, the word of Adonai came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “I see an almond branch.”
12. Then Adonai said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”
13. The word of Adonai came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a boiling pot that is tilting away from the north.”
14. Then Adonai said to me: “From the north, disaster will be poured out on all the inhabitants of the land.