Jeremiah 20:9-11

English Standard Version

⁹ If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
^(A)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and ^(B)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
^10 (C)For I hear many whispering.
    ^(D)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^(E)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my ^(F)close friends,
    ^(G)watching for ^(H)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then ^(I)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”
¹¹ But ^(J)the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble;
    ^(K)they will not overcome me.
^(L)They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their ^(M)eternal dishonor
    will never be forgotten.