Jer 20:8-9 | ESV | STEP | For whenever I speak , I cry out , I shout , Violence and destruction ! For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long .

Jeremiah 20:8-9

8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, ^a“Violence and destruction!”
For ^bthe word of the Lord has become for me
^ca reproach and ^dderision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
^ethere is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and ^fI am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.