Commentary for Jeremiah 20:8
כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֶזְעָ֔ק חָמָ֥ס וָשֹׁ֖ד אֶקְרָ֑א כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה לִ֛י לְחֶרְפָּ֥ה וּלְקֶ֖לֶס כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃
For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: ‘Violence and spoil’; Because the word of the LORD is made A reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.
Rashi on Jeremiah
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.
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Rashi on Jeremiah
for the word of the Lord has been...for me Therefore, they spoke to me with scorn, for they scorn me.
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Rashi on Jeremiah
and mockery for speech. Comp. (Ezekiel 22:4) “and mockery (וְקַלָּסָה).”
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