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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- Lamentations 3:14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
- Psalm 22:6–7 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- 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.