Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 20:7-18
7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
9If I say, “I will not mention Himor speak any more in His name,”His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,shut up in my bones,and I become weary of holding it in,and I cannot prevail.10For I have heard the whispering of many:“Terror is on every side!Report him; let us report him!”All my trusted friendswatch for my fall:“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we may prevail against himand take our vengeance upon him.”
11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior.Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail.Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame,with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous,who sees the heart1 and mind,let me see Your vengeance upon them,for to You I have committed my cause.
14Cursed be the day I was born!May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,saying, “A son is born to you,”bringing him great joy.16May that man be like the citiesthat the LORD overthrew without compassion.May he hear an outcry in the morningand a battle cry at noon,17because he did not kill me in the wombso that my mother might have been my grave,and her womb forever enlarged.18Why did I come out of the wombto see only trouble and sorrow,and to end my days in shame?
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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