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Jeremiah 20:9

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If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.

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Verse 9. And there, or “for,” and so forth I was grieved continually. Sanctius.—I could not however refrain from speaking. Acts 17:16 and 1 Corinthians 9:16. Job 32:18.

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