25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock(A) to their enemies.

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“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](A) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks(D) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded

14 I became the laughingstock(A) of all my people;(B)
    they mock me in song(C) all day long.

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