“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.”

Jeremiah 1:6 (KJV) |

Jeremiah 1:6

From Jeremiah 1, in the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament).

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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

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Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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