 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!  Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays - Page 31by Henry Hart Milman - 1870 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
 | A. Graeme Auld - Religion - 1986 - 278 pages
...simply use "dupe". In his own bitterest complaint against his Master, Jeremiah protested (20:7): 0 Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than 1, and thou hast prevailed. 1 have become a laughingstock all the day: every one mocks me. After various... | |
 | Vera Gallagher, Kathleen Stauffer - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 180 pages
...Certainly some of the prophets felt angry, and said so. Jeremiah was loud in his complaints to God: "O Lord, Thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; Thou art stronger than I, and Thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me" (Jer. 20:7). As... | |
 | Kelly James Clark - Religion - 1997 - 292 pages
...screams, and come to our rescue. Although Jeremiah, the weary prophet, confesses his anger with God ("O, Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou has prevailed" — 20:7), he returns to God and places his trust in him. Yet Jeremiah chafes against... | |
 | James D. G. Dunn - Religion - 1998 - 404 pages
...particularly 1 5: 1 8b and 20:7. Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? 0 Lord thou hast deceived me. and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. 1 have become a laughing stock all the day; everyone mcx'ks me. Turning to the... | |
 | Werner H. Schmidt - Bibles - 1999 - 484 pages
...by interior sufferings that lead the prophet to dispute with God and even to complain against him: O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed (20:7ff.) <e his enemies (23:29; 5:14), Jeremiah must (20:9) experience the 1 as... | |
 | Victoria Silver - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 432 pages
...being enthralled by necessity, in the form of a God whom suffering has rendered vicious and unjust: 0 Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. 1 have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. For whenever I speak,... | |
 | Paul Ciholas - Christianity and other religions - 2003 - 532 pages
...not be blessed!"22 and this almost in the same breath as his statement of indignation against God: 0 LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. 1 have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.23 "Jeremiah 20:... | |
 | Religion - 2005 - 908 pages
...buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely." Jeremiah's fifth "confession" 7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. 20:7-18. This last, very dramatic "confession" is one of the most impressive passages... | |
 | John F. O'Grady - Religion - 2005 - 222 pages
...Testament, reflects so much frustration and even anger with God as does Jeremiah's lament in chapter 20:7: 0 LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. 1 have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. (RSV) You duped... | |
 | Jasmin O. Brown - Religion - 2006 - 198 pages
...fire to screaming in the fire as it was becoming more unbearable. In Chapter 20: 7, Jeremiah said, "O Lord thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger that I, and-,hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me." He displayed vulnerability... | |
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