World English Bible

Jeremiah 1:6

“Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.”

Verse in context — Jeremiah 1

Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.

But Yahweh said to me, "Don't say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you," says Yahweh.

Warnings of Jerusalem’s fall and promises of a new covenant.