Jer 20:9 | JFB | STEP | 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 ... ( , ; ). weary with forbearing, and I could not-- "I labored to contain myself, but I could not" ( ; compare ; , ).

‏ Jeremiah 20:9

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; Psa 39:3).

weary with forbearing, and I could not--"I labored to contain myself, but I could not" (Ac 18:5; compare Jr 23:9; 1Co 9:16, 17).