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NASB | Jeremiah 20:7 ¶ 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 20:7 ¶ [Jeremiah said,] O LORD, You have persuaded me and I was deceived; You are stronger than I and You have prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me. |
Subject: Why does Jeremiah think he was deceived? |
Bible Note: Hey Nolan and Searcher, I preached on this passage a few years ago, here is my understanding on it. Jeremiah was upset obviously, everyone is against him, people want to kill him, etc, because he is doing what God told him to do. Basically he is feeling sorry for himself. He keeps remembering what God told him when God called him to prophesy. (Jer 1:8) Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. See also Jer. 1:10, (Jer 1:18) For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. (Jer 1:19) And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. He remembers all these things, and he is wandering what went wrong, why hasn't God done these things? In the midst of his dispair and depression, he accuses God of deceiving him. He was not really deceived, he didn't understand what God had planned. He was questioning God, just like we do sometime. Does this make sense? later...wdc |