“Yahweh, 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.”
Jeremiah 20:7 (WEB)
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5Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies. They will make them captives, take them, and carry them to Babylon. 6You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity. You will come to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.’” 7Yahweh, 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. 8For as often as I speak, I cry out;I cry, “Violence and destruction!”because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me,and a derision, all day. 9If I say that I will not make mention of him,or speak any more in his name,then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones.I am weary with holding it in.I can’t.