Jeremiah 1:6
Douay-Rheims
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
Ambrose of Milan
Both Moses and Jeremiah, chosen by the Lord to declare the words of God to the people, avoided through modesty that which through grace they could do.
Source details
A.D. 397 · on Jer 1:6 (On the Duties of the Clergy 1.17.66)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.