Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 20:9
his word was—or literally, "there was in my heart, as it were, a burning fire," that is, the divine afflatus or impulse to speak was as . . . (Job 32:18-19; Psalms 39:3).
weary with forbearing, and I could not—"I labored to contain myself, but I could not" (Acts 18:5; compare Jeremiah 23:9; I Corinthians 9:16-17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 20:9:
Job 32:18
Jeremiah 6:11
Jeremiah 23:29
Amos 3:7
1 Corinthians 9:16
2 Timothy 2:19
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