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Jeremiah Compelled to Preach

You deceived(A) me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughing-stock all the time;(B)
everyone ridicules me.
For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, ‘Violence and destruction! ’(C)
So the word of the Lord has become my
constant disgrace and derision.

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