Jeremiah 1:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

⁵ Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.

⁶ And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.