Jeremiah 1:6-10

6Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, aI do not know how to speak, bfor 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 cwhatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 dDo not be afraid of them,
efor I am with you to deliver you,

declares the Lord.”
9 fThen the Lord put out his hand and gtouched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,

Behold, I have put hmy words in your mouth.
10See, I have set you this day iover nations and over kingdoms,
jto pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

Amos 7:12-15

12And Amaziah said to Amos, k“O seer, go, flee away lto the land of Judah, and meat bread there, and prophesy there, 13but nnever again prophesy at Bethel, for oit is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

14Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, pI was
Or am; twice in this verse
no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but rI was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
15 sBut the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
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