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Jeremiah 20:7-18

7O LordH3068, You have deceivedH6601 me and I was deceivedH6601; You have 1overcomeH2388 me and prevailedH3201. I have becomeH1961 a 2laughingstockH7814 allH3605 dayH3117 long; EveryoneH3605 3mocksH3932 me.8For eachH1767 timeH1767 I speakH1696, I cryH2199 aloudH2199; I 4proclaimH7121 violenceH2555 and destructionH7701, BecauseH3588 for me the 5wordH1697 of the LordH3068 has 6resultedH1961 In reproachH2781 and derisionH7047 allH3605 dayH3117 long.9But if I sayH559, “I will not 7rememberH2142 Him Or speakH1696 anymoreH5750 in His nameH8034,” Then in 8my heartH3820 it becomesH1961 like a burningH1197 fireH784 ShutH6113 up in my bonesH6106; And I am wearyH3811 of holdingH3557 it in, And 9I cannotH3808 endureH3201 it.10For 10I have heardH8085 the whisperingH1681 of manyH7227, “11TerrorH4032 on everyH5439 sideH5439! 12DenounceH5046 him; yes, let us denounceH5046 him!” 13AllH3605 my 14trustedH7965 friendsH582H7965, WatchingH8104 for my fallH6761, say: “PerhapsH194 he will be 15deceivedH6601, so that we may 16prevailH3201 against him And takeH3947 our revengeH5360 on him.”11But the 17LordH3068 is with me like a dreadH6184 championH1368; ThereforeH5921H3651 my 18persecutorsH7291 will stumbleH3782 and not prevailH3201. They will be utterlyH3966 ashamedH954, becauseH3588 they have 19failedH3808H7919, With an 20everlastingH5769 disgraceH3639 that will not be forgottenH7911.12Yet, O LordH3068 of hostsH6635, You who 21testH974 the righteousH6662, Who seeH7200 the 22mindH3629 and the heartH3820; Let me 23seeH7200 Your vengeanceH5360 on them; For 24to You I have setH1540 forthH1540 my causeH7379.1325SingH7891 to the LordH3068, praiseH1984 the LordH3068! For He has 26deliveredH5337 the soulH5315 of the needyH34 oneH34 From the handH3027 of evildoersH7489.

14CursedH779 be the 27dayH3117 whenH834 I was bornH3205; Let the dayH3117 not be blessedH1288 whenH834 my motherH517 boreH3205 me!15CursedH779 be the manH376 whoH834 broughtH1319 the newsH1319 To my fatherH1, sayingH559, “A 2829babyH1121 boyH2145 has been bornH3205 to you!” And made him veryH8055 happyH8055.16But let that manH376 be like the citiesH5892 WhichH834 the LordH3068 30overthrewH2015 withoutH3808 31relentingH5162, And let him hearH8085 an 32outcryH2201 in the morningH1242 And a 33shoutH8643 of alarmH8643 at noonH6672;17BecauseH834 he did not 34killH4191 me 35beforeH4480 birthH7358, So that my motherH517 would have beenH1961 my graveH6913, And her wombH7358 everH5769 pregnantH2030.18WhyH4100 did I everH2088 comeH3318 forthH3318 from the wombH7358 To 36lookH7200 on troubleH5999 and sorrowH3015, So that my 37daysH3117 have beenH3615 spentH3615 in 38shameH1322?

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:7 Ezek 3:14 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 20:7 Job 12:4; Lam 3:14 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 20:7 Ps 22:7; Jer 38:19 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 20:8 Jer 6:7 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 20:8 2 Chr 36:16; Jer 6:10 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 20:8 Lit become ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 20:9 1 Kin 19:3, 4; Jon 1:2, 3 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 20:9 Job 32:18-20; Ps 39:3; Jer 4:19; 23:9; Ezek 3:14; Acts 4:20 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 20:9 Job 32:18-20 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 20:10 Ps 31:13 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 20:10 Jer 6:25 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 20:10 Neh 6:6-13; Is 29:21; Jer 18:18 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 20:10 Lit Every man of my peace ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 20:10 Ps 41:9 ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 20:10 Or persuaded ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 20:10 1 Kin 19:2 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 20:11 Jer 1:8; 15:20; Rom 8:31 ↩
  18. 18. Jeremiah 20:11 Deut 32:35, 36; Jer 15:15, 20; 17:18 ↩
  19. 19. Jeremiah 20:11 Lit not succeeded; or not acted wisely ↩
  20. 20. Jeremiah 20:11 Jer 23:40 ↩
  21. 21. Jeremiah 20:12 Ps 7:9; 11:5; 17:3; 139:23; Jer 11:20; 17:10 ↩
  22. 22. Jeremiah 20:12 Lit kidneys ↩
  23. 23. Jeremiah 20:12 Ps 54:7; 59:10; Jer 11:20 ↩
  24. 24. Jeremiah 20:12 Ps 62:8 ↩
  25. 25. Jeremiah 20:13 Jer 31:7 ↩
  26. 26. Jeremiah 20:13 Ps 34:6; 69:33; Jer 15:21 ↩
  27. 27. Jeremiah 20:14 Job 3:3-6; Jer 15:10 ↩
  28. 28. Jeremiah 20:15 Lit male child ↩
  29. 29. Jeremiah 20:15 Gen 21:6, 7 ↩
  30. 30. Jeremiah 20:16 Gen 19:25 ↩
  31. 31. Jeremiah 20:16 Lit being sorry ↩
  32. 32. Jeremiah 20:16 Jer 18:22; 48:3, 4 ↩
  33. 33. Jeremiah 20:16 Or trumpet blast ↩
  34. 34. Jeremiah 20:17 Job 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19 ↩
  35. 35. Jeremiah 20:17 Lit from the womb ↩
  36. 36. Jeremiah 20:18 Job 3:20; 5:7; 14:1; Jer 15:10; Lam 3:1 ↩
  37. 37. Jeremiah 20:18 Ps 90:9; 102:3 ↩
  38. 38. Jeremiah 20:18 Ps 69:19; Jer 3:25; 1 Cor 4:9-13 ↩

Commentaries on Jeremiah 20

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