Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him
What it says
If Jeremiah tries not to speak in the LORD's name, the word becomes like fire shut up in his bones until he cannot endure silence.
What it is doing
This verse reveals the inward compulsion that keeps the prophet speaking.
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