10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,(A)
    a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!(B)
I have neither lent(C) nor borrowed,
    yet everyone curses(D) me.

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10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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Jeremiah’s Dejection

10 (A)Woe is me, my mother,
That you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole [a]earth!
I have neither lent for interest,
Nor have men lent to me for interest.
Every one of them curses me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:10 Or land

15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(A)
You are long-suffering(B)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(C)

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15 O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

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15 O Lord, (A)You know;
Remember me and [a]visit me,
And (B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that (C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:15 attend to

Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(B) all day long.

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For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

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For when I spoke, I cried out;
(A)I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.

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