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Jeremiah 20:8-10
English Standard Version
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.”
Jeremiah 20:8-10
New International Version
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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