Jeremiah 20:8
For whenever I speak, I cry out;
What it says
Whenever he speaks he must cry out about violence and destruction, so the word of the LORD has made him a reproach and derision.
What it is doing
This verse names the social consequence of faithful proclamation.
In context
7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. 8For whenever I speak, I cry out; 9If I say, “I will not mention Him 10For I have heard the whispering of many: 11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. 12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, 13Sing to the LORD! 14Cursed be the day I was born! 15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, 16May that man be like the cities 17because he did not kill me in the womb 18Why did I come out of the womb