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Jeremiah 20:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 20:7

Verse 7 of 18

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 20:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 20:7

Theological / Devotional

Thou hast deceived me. See on ch. 4:10. The complaints were probably a reaction to the prophet’s distressful night in the stocks (see vs. 2, 3). In his depressed state Jeremiah seems to have considered his work a failure, a failure made more bitter by a haunting fear that God would not fulfill His promises (see Jer. 1:8—10; cf. Jer. 15:10, 17; Jonah 4:1-4).

Stronger than I. In his bitter complaint Jeremiah implies that the Lord has employed His greater power to force Jeremiah, against his own desire and will, to take up a mission from which he shrank.

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