⁹ Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched^(A) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.^{(B) 10} See, today I appoint you over nations^(C) and kingdoms to uproot^(D) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”^(E)

² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write^(A) in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

The Lord’s Answer

² Then the Lord replied: