Jer 20:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. his word was —or literally, "there was in my heart, as it were, a burning fire," that is, the divine afflatus or impulse to speak was as . . . ( ). weary with forbearing, and I could not —"I labored to contain myself, but I could not" ( ; compare ).

Jeremiah 20:9

9. his word was—or literally, "there was in my heart, as it were, a burning fire," that is, the divine afflatus or impulse to speak was as . . . (Job 32:18, 19; Ps 39:3).

weary with forbearing, and I could not—"I labored to contain myself, but I could not" (Ac 18:5; compare Jer 23:9; 1Co 9:16, 17).