That is what God told Jeremiah, “If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall serve as my mouth.” And, Jeremiah did as he was advised, and he used wise words and taught the people; and the Lord said, For I am with you to save you and deliver you. He was delivered out of the hand of the wicked, and redeemed from the grasp of the ruthless. Jeremiah was to be Prophet, one who heard the voice of the Lord God, and told the people what God required of them, and of him. The people did not like Jeremiah for what God had him say to them; and they persecuted and insulted him. “Your words were found, and I ate them and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart.” Said Jeremiah, and he suffered; yet they did not prevail over Him. And the Lord said, “I will deliver you out of the hands of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”