uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Jeremiah speaks to Yahweh.

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh, you deceived me, and I was deceived

(Some words not found in UHB: you,deceived_me YHWH and,I_was_deceived you,prevailed_over_me and,you_prevailed become (into)_a,laughing-stock all/each/any/every the=day of_it_of,all mocks to=me )

Some modern versions interpret these Hebrew expressions as “Yahweh, you persuaded me, and I was indeed persuaded.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) I was deceived

(Some words not found in UHB: you,deceived_me YHWH and,I_was_deceived you,prevailed_over_me and,you_prevailed become (into)_a,laughing-stock all/each/any/every the=day of_it_of,all mocks to=me )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [you deceived me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me

(Some words not found in UHB: you,deceived_me YHWH and,I_was_deceived you,prevailed_over_me and,you_prevailed become (into)_a,laughing-stock all/each/any/every the=day of_it_of,all mocks to=me )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the way others mock him.

(Occurrence 0) laughingstock

(Some words not found in UHB: you,deceived_me YHWH and,I_was_deceived you,prevailed_over_me and,you_prevailed become (into)_a,laughing-stock all/each/any/every the=day of_it_of,all mocks to=me )

This is a person whom others laugh at and make fun of.