Jeremiah 1:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ Then the Lord reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, “Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak. ¹⁰ Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Two Visions

¹¹ The Lord asked me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

I answered, “A branch of an almond tree.”