Jeremiah 20:7

Doubt Shame Suffering God's will and calling

⁵ I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

⁶ And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

You 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.

⁸ For 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.

⁹ If I say, “I will not mention Him or 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You 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.
KJV: O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
WEB: LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.
ASV: O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.
DARBY: Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.
BLB: You have persuaded me O YHWH, and I was persuaded; You are stronger than I, and You have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day, [and] everyone is mocking at me.

ÅB: Herre! Du overtalte meg, og jeg lot meg overtale; du ble for sterk for meg og fikk overhånd; jeg er blitt til latter hele dagen, hver mann spotter meg.
OTB: Herre, du har bedratt meg, og jeg ble bedratt; du overmannet meg og vant. Jeg har blitt til latter hele dagen; alle håner meg.
B1930: Herre! Du overtalte mig, og jeg lot mig overtale; du blev for sterk for mig og fikk overhånd; jeg er blitt til latter hele dagen, hver mann spotter mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Lamentations 3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him or 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.
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Psalms 22:6–7
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
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Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
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Psalms 69:9–12
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
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Jeremiah 15:10
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
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Luke 23:35–36
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
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