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7 LORD, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me. 8 For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, |Violence and destruction are coming!| This message from the LORD has made me an object of continual insults and derision. 9 Sometimes I think, |I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.| But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it. 10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, |Come on, let's publicly denounce him!| All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, |Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him. Jeremiah 20:7-10, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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