Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.This verse in the real world
In what words
- לָאָהlâʼâhto tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- עָצָרʻâtsârto inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
- בָּעַרbâʻarto kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- עֶצֶםʻetsema bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) s
- זָכַרzâkarproperly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention;
- אֵשׁʼêshfire (literally or figuratively)
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 39:3, Job 32:18–20, Act 4:20, 1Co 9:16–17, Act 17:16, Ezk 3:14, Jer 6:11, 2Co 5:13–15