Jeremiah 1:6-8

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⁶ Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a ·boy [child; youth].”

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