Jeremiah 20:7

⁷פִּתִּיתַנִי יְהוָה וָאֶפָּת, חֲזַקְתַּנִי וַתּוּכָל; הָיִיתִי לִשְׂחוֹק כָּל־הַיּוֹם, כֻּלֹּה לֹעֵג לִי׃

Jeremiah 20 plunges us into the raw, unfiltered reality of prophetic ministry. After being beaten and put in stocks by the temple priest Pashhur, Jeremiah delivers a devastating oracle of judgment against him and all Jerusalem. The chapter then pivots inward, giving us one of the mo