Jer 20:8, Hab 1:2 | ESV | STEP | For whenever I speak , I cry out , I shout , Violence and destruction ! For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long .

Jeremiah 20:8

8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, ^a“Violence and destruction!”
For ^bthe word of the Lord has become for me
^ca reproach and ^dderision all day long.

Habakkuk 1:2

Habakkuk’s Complaint

2 O Lord, ^ehow long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you ^f“Violence!”
and you will not save?