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Jeremiah Prays to the Lord

O Yahweh, you have deceived me, and I was deceived.
    You overpowered me and won.
        I’ve been made fun of all day long.
            Everyone mocks me.
Each time I speak, I have to cry out and shout,
    “Violence and destruction!”
    The word of Yahweh has made me the object of insults
    and contempt all day long.
I think to myself, “I can forget Yahweh
    and no longer speak his name.”
    But his word is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones.
    I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.

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