Jeremiah 20:7-10

International Standard Version

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!
¹⁰ Indeed, I hear many people whispering,
    “Terror on every side.^[c]
Denounce him, let’s denounce him!”
    All my close friends watch my steps and say,
“Perhaps he will be deceived,
    and we can prevail against him
        and take vengeance on him.”