Jeremiah 20:7
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived.
What it says
Jeremiah says the LORD persuaded and overpowered him, and now he is mocked all day long.
What it is doing
This verse opens the complaint with the prophet's sense of being seized by a costly calling.
In context
7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. 8For whenever I speak, I cry out; 9If I say, “I will not mention Him 10For I have heard the whispering of many: 11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. 12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, 13Sing to the LORD! 14Cursed be the day I was born! 15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, 16May that man be like the cities 17because he did not kill me in the womb 18Why did I come out of the womb