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9Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said, “Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
10Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”
11Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
12And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
13Then the Lord spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?” And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.”
14“Yes,” the Lord said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land.
Jeremiah 1:9-14 (NLT)
