Jeremiah 20:8
Douay-Rheims
For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against iniquity, and I often proclaim devastation: and the word of the Lord is made a reproach to me, and a derision all the day.
Rashi
Whenever I speak Every time I speak to them, I must cry out and raise my voice, and I do not proclaim good for them but prophecies of violence and spoil.
for the word of the Lord has been...for me Therefore, they spoke to me with scorn, for they scorn me.
and mockery for speech. Comp. (Ezekiel 22:4) “and mockery (וְקַלָּסָה).”
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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