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Jeremiah 20:7-9
New International Version - UK
Jeremiah 20:7-9
New International Version - UK
Jeremiah’s complaint
7 You deceived[a] me, Lord, and I was deceived;[b]
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
8 Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
9 But if I say, ‘I will not mention his word
or speak any more in his name,’
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
- Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
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