Jeremiah 1:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

⁷ But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am only a boy.’ You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say everything I tell you to say. ⁸ Don’t be afraid of anyone, because I am with you to protect you,” says the Lord.