Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(B) all day long.

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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.

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For when I spoke, I cried out;
(A)I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.

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For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, (A)“Violence and destruction!”
For (B)the word of the Lord has become for me
    (C)a reproach and (D)derision all day long.

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For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I (A)proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the (B)word of the Lord has [a]resulted
In taunting and derision all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:8 Lit become