JEREMIAH CHAPTER 1:4

¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;

and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,

and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak:

for I am a child. But the LORD said unto me,

Say not, I am a child:

for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee,

and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Be not afraid of their faces:

for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Then the LORD put forth his hand,

and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me,

Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

See, I have this day set thee over the nations

and over the kingdoms,

to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy,

and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah, what seest thou?

And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen:

for I will hasten my word to perform it.

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot;

and the face thereof is toward the north.

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north

an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.