Jeremiah 20:7-10

New International Version

Jeremiah’s Complaint

⁷You deceived^[a]^(A) me, Lord, and I was deceived^[b];
    you overpowered^(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed^(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks^(D) me.
⁸Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.^(E)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach^(F) all day long.
⁹But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”^(G)
his word is in my heart like a fire,^(H)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;^(I)
    indeed, I cannot.
¹⁰I hear many whispering,
    “Terror^(J) on every side!
    Denounce^(K) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends^(L)
    are waiting for me to slip,^(M) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail^(N) over him
    and take our revenge^(O) on him.”

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Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
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Jeremiah 20:7-10

English Standard Version

⁷O Lord, ^(A)you have deceived me,
    and I was deceived;
^(B)you are stronger than I,
    and you have prevailed.
^(C)I have become a laughingstock all the day;
    everyone mocks me.
⁸For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, ^(D)“Violence and destruction!”
For ^(E)the word of the Lord has become for me
    ^(F)a reproach and ^(G)derision all day long.
⁹If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
^(H)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and ^(I)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
¹⁰^(J)For I hear many whispering.
    ^(K)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^(L)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my ^(M)close friends,
    ^(N)watching for ^(O)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then ^(P)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”