Jeremiah 20:7 (WEB)
LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.
Catechism · 1
“At times their prayer is an argument or a complaint, but it is always an intercession that awaits and prepares for the intervention of the Savior God, the Lord of history.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Am 7:2, 5; Isa 6:5, 8, 11; Jer 1:6; 15: 15-18; 20: 7-18.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“Jeremiah also employs similar language: “O Lord, Thou hast deceived us, and we were deceived; Thou hast held (us), and Thou hast prevailed.”” — editor's note: Jer. xx. 7.
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“And in Jeremiah: “Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I was deceived; Thou wert strong, and Thou didst prevail.”” — editor's note: Jer. xx. 7.
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Tertullian
“For when has the Jew not been a transgressor of the law; hearing with the ear, and not hearing; holding in hatred him who reproveth in the gates, and in scorn holy speech?” — editor's note: Comp. Jer. xx. 7, 8.
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