THE CALL OF JEREMIAH by DAVID TUDOR ... - David T Williams

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(Soggin 1980:222) cf Jeremiah 20:7.
(c) The prophet did not just change to a new profession but to total
insecurity. He generally experienced opposition (Vuilleumier-Bessard
1960:60, Crenshaw 1971:37). There was:
....consistent and savage certainty of the opposition to
Jeremiah from the religious establishment (Davidson
1964:412).
Davidson cites also Jeremiah's failure to fulfil expected roles such as
advisor to the monarch, and the belief that Deuteronomy in fact
branded him as a false prophet (p 411).
(d) The relationship to God led to an increased sense of sin and
unworthiness (Brockington 1942:34) not only personally but also of the
people.
For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous
men (Jr 9:2).
In all this the Deuteronomist sees the prophetic
commissioner involved in the controversy between
Yahweh and the people (cf 14:11ff) but on Yahweh's
side (Gerstenberger 1963:406).