Jeremiah 20:8-10
New International Reader's Version
8 Every time I speak, I cry out.
All you ever tell me to talk about
is fighting and trouble.
Your message has brought me nothing but dishonor.
It has made me suffer shame all day long.
9 Sometimes I think, “I won’t talk about his message anymore.
I’ll never speak in his name again.”
But then your message burns in my heart.
It’s like a fire deep inside my bones.
I’m tired of holding it in.
In fact, I can’t.
10 I hear many people whispering,
“There is terror on every side!
Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip.
They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked
into making a mistake.
Then we’ll win out over him.
We’ll get even with him.”
Jeremiah 20:8-10
New International Version
8 Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach(B) all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”(C)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(D)
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(E)
indeed, I cannot.
10 I hear many whispering,
“Terror(F) on every side!
Denounce(G) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(H)
are waiting for me to slip,(I) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail(J) over him
and take our revenge(K) on him.”
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