Jeremiah 20:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:23

Elisha left and headed towards Bethel. Along the way some boys started making fun of him by shouting, “Go away, baldy! Get out of here!”

Job 12:4

I have always lived right, and God answered my prayers; now friends make fun of me.

Job 30:9

Those worthless nobodies make up jokes and songs to disgrace me.

Psalm 119:51

Conceited people sneer at me, but I obey your Law.

Isaiah 8:11

The LORD took hold of me with his powerful hand and said: I'm warning you! Don't act like these people.

Jeremiah 15:10

I wish I had never been born! I'm always in trouble with everyone in Judah. I never lend or borrow money, but everyone curses me just the same.

Jeremiah 15:18

I am badly injured and in constant pain. Are you going to disappoint me, like a stream that goes dry in the heat of summer?

Jeremiah 17:16

Our LORD, you chose me to care for your people, and that's what I have done. You know everything I have said, and I have never once asked you to punish them.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I tell myself not to think about you, LORD, or even mention your name. But your message burns in my heart and bones, and I cannot keep silent.

Jeremiah 29:26

After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the LORD chose you to be the priest in charge of the temple security force. You know that anyone who acts mad and pretends to be a prophet should be arrested and put in chains and iron collars.

Jeremiah 38:19

Zedekiah answered, “I can't surrender to the Babylonians. I'm too afraid of the Jews who have already joined them. The Babylonians might hand me over to those Jews, and they would torture me.”

Lamentations 3:14

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

Ezekiel 3:14

Then the Spirit carried me away. The LORD's power had taken complete control of me, and I was both annoyed and angry.

Hosea 9:7

Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are mad.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed: Our LORD, I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone, not even foreigners.

Micah 3:8

But the LORD has filled me with power and his Spirit. I have been given the courage to speak about justice and to tell you people of Israel that you have sinned.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

Luke 23:11

Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and insulted him. They put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

Acts 17:18

Some of them were Epicureans and some were Stoics, and they started arguing with him. People were asking, “What is this know-all trying to say?” Some even said, “Paul must be preaching about foreign gods! That's what he means when he talks about Jesus and about people rising from death.”

Acts 17:32

As soon as the people heard Paul say that a man had been raised from death, some of them started laughing. Others said, “We will hear you talk about this some other time.”

1 Corinthians 9:6

Are we the only ones who have to support ourselves by working at another job?

Hebrews 11:36

Others were made fun of and beaten with whips, and some were chained in jail.