Lamentations 3:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

I am a joke to everyone— no one ever stops making fun of me.

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You tricked me, Lord, and I was really fooled. You are stronger than I am, and you have defeated me. People never stop sneering and insulting me.

No matter what they are doing, they keep on mocking me.

You made fun of my people and treated them like criminals caught in the act.

Our enemies had brought us here as their prisoners; now they wanted us to sing and entertain them. They insulted us and shouted, “Sing about Zion!”

Every nation around us sneers and makes fun.

You made us look foolish to our neighbors; people who live nearby insult us and sneer.