Jeremiah 20:8-10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, ‘Violence and destruction! ’^(A)
So the word of the Lord has become my
constant disgrace and derision.
⁹ I say, ‘I won’t mention him
or speak any longer in his name.’^(B)
But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart,^(C)
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,^(D)
and I cannot prevail.
¹⁰ For I have heard the gossip of many people,
‘Terror is on every side!^(E)
Report him; let’s report him! ’
Everyone I trusted^[a] watches for my fall.^(F)
‘Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.’