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)

¹⁴ Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

²⁹ “Is not my word like fire,”^(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer^(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?