Jeremiah 20:7 Cross References - Leeser

⁷ Thou didst persuade me, O Lord, and I was persuaded; thou laidst thy hand strongly on me, and didst prevail: I am laughed at all the time, every one mocketh me.

²² And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou let so much evil come upon this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? ²³ For, since I came unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done more evil to this people; but thou hast in nowise delivered thy people.

¹¹ And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou done evil to thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? ¹² Was it I who have conceived all this people? or was it I who have begotten them? that thou shouldst say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou hast sworn unto their fathers? ¹³ Whence shall I obtain flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep around me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. ¹⁴ I am not able by myself alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me. ¹⁵ And if thou wilt thus deal with me, then slay me, I pray thee, at once, if I have found favor in thy eyes: that I may not see my wretchedness.

²³ And he went up from there to Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and they mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!

^{6 (22:7)} But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people. ^{7 (22:8)} All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

¹⁵ But in my downfall they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; there gathered themselves together against me abject wretches, whom I knew not; they did tear me, and ceased not: ¹⁶ With hypocritical babbling mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

^{9 (69:10)} Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me. ^{10 (69:11)} When I wept at the fasting of my soul, it became a reproach to me. ^{11 (69:12)} And when I made sackcloth my garment, I became a proverb to them. ^{12 (69:13)} Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and about me make songs the drinkers of strong drink.

⁶ And I said, Ah, Lord Eternal! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am but a lad. ⁷ And the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am but a lad; but to whomsoever I may send thee shalt thou go, and whatsoever I may command thee shalt thou speak. ⁸ Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

¹⁸ But I, behold, I have made of thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls over the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. ¹⁹ And although they fight against thee, they shall not prevail against thee; for with thee am I saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

¹⁰ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me, a man of contention and a man of strife to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me: yet every one of them curseth me.

¹⁸ Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? it refuseth to be healed; it is truly become unto me as a deceptive spring, as waters that are not reliable.

¹⁶ As for me, I have not hastened to be a shepherd to follow thee; and the woeful day have I not longed for; thou knowest it: what came out of my lips was known before thee.

⁹ And I thought, I will not make mention of him, and I will not speak any more in his name. But it became in my heart as a burning fire enclosed within my bones, and I was weary with enduring, and I could not overcome it.

²⁶ The Lord hath appointed thee priest in the place of Jehoyada’ the priest, that ye should be superintendents in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and that prophesieth, that thou shouldst put him in the stocks, and in prison:

¹⁴ I am become a laughing-stock to all my people, their jeering song all the day.

¹⁴ So a spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I walked in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the inspiration of the Lord was strong upon me.

⁷ Come are the days of the visitation, come are the days of thy recompense; this shall Israel experience: a fool was the prophet, mad the inspired man, because of the greatness of thy iniquity, and the great hatefulness.

⁸ But truly I am indeed full of strength by the spirit of the Lord, and of power of judging, and of might, to tell unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.