Jer 20:7-18 | TNotes | STEP | 20:7 you misled me: Jeremiah spoke of his calling from the Lord (1:5-10 ) using the same Hebrew word that elsewhere refers to sexual seduction (Exod 22:16 ).

20:7 ^a you misled me: Jeremiah spoke of his calling from the Lord (1:5-10 ^b) using the same Hebrew word that elsewhere refers to sexual seduction (Exod 22:16 ^c).
Summary for Jer 20:8-9: 20:8-9 ^d Jeremiah found it impossible not to speak the words of God’s judgment, even though his messages turned him into a household joke (cp. Job 32:18-20 ^e; Ps 39:1-3 ^f; Acts 4:18-20 ^g).
20:10 ^h The people sarcastically threw back on Jeremiah the name that he had given to Pashhur, The Man Who Lives in Terror (20:3 ⁱ). Even Jeremiah’s old friends looked for ways to twist his words and trip him up.
20:11 ^j Jeremiah realized that God was like a great warrior standing at his side. Jeremiah’s persecutors were at a real disadvantage and would completely fail.
20:12 ^k Jeremiah placed his complete trust in the Lord of Heaven’s Armies (see 5:14 ^l), who alone could carry out the vengeance due to the prophet’s enemies.
20:13 ^m Suddenly, relief and joy came to Jeremiah’s soul; he recalled that even when he was poor and needy, the Lord had rescued him from his oppressors.
Summary for Jer 20:14-18: 20:14-18 ⁿ Jeremiah’s hope of deliverance did not negate the reality of his circumstances. Shocked by his persecution, Jeremiah wished that he were already dead or that he had never been born (cp. 16:3-4 ^o; Job 3 ^p).
20:16 ^q The cities of old were probably Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19:24-29 ^r).
Summary for Jer 20:17-18: 20:17-18 ^s Jeremiah saw no meaning to his life.