Jeremiah 20:7

Doubt Shame Suffering God's will and calling

⁵ Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

⁶ And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

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.

⁸ For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

⁹ Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

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 was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
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Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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Psalms 22:6–7
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
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Ezekiel 3:14
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
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Psalms 69:9–12
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
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Luke 23:35–36
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
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