Jeremiah 1:5-10

5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

6Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

7But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord."

9Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

10See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."