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Jeremiah 20:7-9
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 20:7-9
International Standard Version
Jeremiah’s Complaint to the Lord
7 You deceived me, Lord,
and I’ve been deceived.
You overpowered me,
and you prevailed.
I’ve become a laughing stock all day long,
and everyone mocks me.
8 Indeed, as often as I speak, I cry out,
and shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For this message from the Lord has caused me
constant[a] reproach and derision.
9 When I say, “I won’t remember the Lord[b],
nor will I speak in his name anymore,
then there is this burning fire in my heart.
It is bound up in my bones,
I grow weary of trying to hold it in,
and I cannot do it!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:8 Lit. all day long
- Jeremiah 20:9 Lit. him
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