Jeremiah 20:7-13

Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

7 O Lord, t you have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
u you are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
v I have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.
 8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, w "Violence and destruction!"
For x the word of the Lord has become for me
y a reproach and y derision all day long.
 9 If I say, "I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,"
z there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and a I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
 10 b For I hear many whispering.
c Terror is on every side!
"Denounce him! d Let us denounce him!"
say all my e close friends,
f watching for g my fall.
"Perhaps he will be deceived;
then h we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him."
 11 But i the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
i they will not overcome me.
j They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their k eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
 12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
l who sees the heart and the mind, 1
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

13 m Sing to the Lord;
praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:9
    And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
  2. Cross References
    2 Peter 1:21
    For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 119:51
    The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
    Lamentations 3:14
    I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:7
    As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her evil; violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are ever before me.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:10
    To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 44:13
    You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
    Psalms 79:4
    We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 44:13
    You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
    Psalms 79:4
    We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
  8. Cross References
    Job 32:18 - 19
    For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
    Psalms 39:3
    My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:11
    Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 31:13
    For I hear the whispering of many - terror on every side! - as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:25
    Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:16
    When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king.
    Jeremiah 36:20
    So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 41:9
    Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
    Psalms 55:13
    But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
    Jeremiah 9:4
    Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
    Jeremiah 38:22
    Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying, "'Your trusted friends have deceived you and prevailed against you; now that your feet are sunk in the mud, they turn away from you.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 56:6
    They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 35:15
    But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:19
    They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.
    Jeremiah 5:22
    Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:8
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:8
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:18
    Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!
    Jeremiah 23:40
    And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:40
    And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 11:20
    But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 35:9 - 10
    Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation.
    Psalms 109:30 - 31
    With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord ; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
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