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Jeremiah 20:7-9

7OJehovah, thou hastpersuadedme,andIwasH1961persuaded; thou artstrongerH2388thanI,andhastprevailedוַתּוּכָ֑לva.tu.KhalH3201:IamH1961becomeהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961alaughing-stockallthedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117,everyonemockethme.

8Forasoftenמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767asIspeakאֲדַבֵּר֙'a.da.BerH1696,Icryאֶזְעָ֔ק'ez.'AkH2199out;IcryH2199,Violenceחָמָ֥סcha.MasH2555anddestructionH7701!becausethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahismadeareproachלְחֶרְפָּ֥הle.cher.PahH2781untome,andaderisionוּלְקֶ֖לֶסu.le.Ke.lesH7047,allthedayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

9AndifIsayוְאָמַרְתִּ֣יve.'a.mar.TiH559,IwillnotmakeH2142mentionofhim,norspeakאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696anymoreinhisnameבִּשְׁמ֔וֹbish.MoH8034,thenthereisinmyheartבְלִבִּי֙ve.li.BiH3820asitwereH1961aburningfireכְּאֵ֣שׁke.'EshH784shutעָצֻ֖ר'a.TzurH6113upinmybonesH6106,andIamH1961wearyוְנִלְאֵ֥יתִיve.nil.'Ei.tiH3811withforbearing,andIcannotcontainH3557.

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