8Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.
9Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
10See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.
11Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree.
12Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.
13And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.
14Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
