Jeremiah 1:6-8

⁶ Then I said, “Alas, Lord GOD!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because I am a youth.”
⁷ But the LORD said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And all that I command you, you shall speak.
⁸ “Do not be afraid of them,
For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.