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Jeremiah 20:8

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Every time I open my mouth

I’m shouting, “Murder!” or “Rape!”

And all I get for my God-warnings

are insults and contempt.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For whenever I speak, I cry out,

I shout, “Violence and destruction!”

For the word of the Lord has become for me

a reproach and derision all day long.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whenever I speak, I cry out

proclaiming violence and destruction.

So the word of the Lord has brought me

insult and reproach all day long.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For whenever I speak, I cry out,

I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”

so the word of the Lord has become my

constant disgrace and derision.

NLTNew Living Translation

When I speak, the words burst out.

“Violence and destruction!” I shout.

So these messages from the Lord

have made me a household joke.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For as often as I speak,

I must cry out violence and destruction.

I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me

a disgrace and derision all day long.

KJV 1900King James Version

For since I spake, I cried out,

I cried violence and spoil;

Because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me,

And a derision, daily.