Jeremiah was despondent. God only gave him bad news to share with the people because of their persistence in disobedience. He was running out of hope. So he began to pray. He lifted up his burden to God beginning in 20:7. Yet by the time he had finished the words of verse 10 the Lord was already lifting him up. When he wrote verse 13 his mourning had turned to praise of the God of Israel. But in the last 5 verses Jeremiah returned to the mourning of his life. God had given him a glimpse of his glory, but the task at hand weighed heavy upon the prophet.
It took me about 9 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Paul of Tarsus
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