Jeremiah 1:3-7

and on through the time of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

The Lord came and told me,

“I knew exactly who you would be before I created you in your mother's womb; I chose you before you were born to be a prophet to the nations.”

“Oh no, Lord God!” I replied. “I really don't know how to speak in public because I'm still too young!”

“Don't say you're too young,” the Lord told me. “Go to everyone I send you to. Tell them everything I order you to say.