Jeremiah 20:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸ For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, ^(A)“Violence and destruction!”
For ^(B)the word of the Lord has become for me
    ^(C)a reproach and ^(D)derision all day long.
⁹ If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
^(E)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and ^(F)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
^10 (G)For I hear many whispering.
    ^(H)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^(I)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my ^(J)close friends,
    ^(K)watching for ^(L)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then ^(M)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”