Jeremiah 20:7
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
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deceived.

Jeremiah 1:6-8, 18, 19
"Ah, Lord GOD, " I said, "I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!" . . .

Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me--water that is not there.

Jeremiah 17:16
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Exodus 5:22, 23
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, "Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? . . .

Numbers 11:11-15
So Moses asked the LORD, "Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? . . .

thou art.

Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, "I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name, " His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

Micah 3:8
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

1 Corinthians 9:6
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

I am.

Jeremiah 15:10
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet--you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

2 Kings 2:23
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of young men came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"

Psalm 22:6, 7
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. . . .

Psalm 35:15, 16
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. . . .

Psalm 69:9-12
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. . . .

Lamentations 3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived--let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

Luke 22:63, 64
The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him. . . .

Luke 23:11, 35, 36
And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate. . . .

Acts 17:18, 32
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men. . . .

Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.

King James Bible
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the time; everyone ridicules me.

International Standard Version
You deceived me, LORD, and I've been deceived. You overpowered me, and you prevailed. I've become a laughing stock all day long, and everyone mocks me.

NET Bible
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.
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