Jeremiah 20:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”^(A)
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.
⁹ If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,^(B)
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.
¹⁰ For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!^[a](C)
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted^[b] watches for my fall.^(D)
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”