Yeremia 20:9

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Tetapi apabila aku berpikir: "Aku tidak mau mengingat Dia dan tidak mau mengucapkan firman lagi demi nama-Nya", maka dalam hatiku ada sesuatu yang seperti api yang menyala-nyala, terkurung dalam tulang-tulangku; aku berlelah-lelah untuk menahannya, tetapi aku tidak sanggup.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Tetapi apabila aku berpikir: "Aku tidak mau mengingat Dia dan tidak mau mengucapkan firman lagi demi nama-Nya", maka dalam hatiku ada sesuatu yang seperti api yang menyala-nyala, terkurung dalam tulang-tulangku; aku berlelah-lelah untuk menahannya, tetapi aku tidak sanggup.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka jikalau kataku: Tiada lagi aku akan menyebut Dia dan tiada lagi aku akan berkata-kata dengan nama-Nya, lalu adalah di dalam hatiku seperti api bernyala-nyala, yang terkurung di dalam tulang-tulangku; maka aku memenatkan diriku hendak menderita dia, tiada juga dapat.

Contextual Overview

⁷ O Lord, if I am deceaued, then hast thou deceaued me, thou enforcedst me, and hast preuayled: dayly am I despised and laughed to scorne of euery man. ⁸ For since I began to preache, I cryed out against violencie, and exclamed against oppression: for the whiche cause they cast the worde of the Lorde in my teeth, to my reproche continually. ⁹ Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym, nor to preache any more in his name: but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, whiche when I woulde haue stopped, I might not. ¹⁰ Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym. ¹¹ But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt, therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing: they shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwisely, they shall haue an euerlasting shame, which shall neuer be forgotten. ¹² And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous, which knowest the raynes and the very heartes, let me see them punished: for vnto thee I haue declared my cause. ¹³ Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hym, for he hath deliuered the soule of the oppressed from the hande of the violent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Kings 19:4, John 1:2, John 1:3, John 4:2, John 4:3, Luke 9:62, Acts 15:37, Acts 15:38

was in: Jeremiah 6:11, Job 32:18-20, Psalms 39:3, Ezekiel 3:14, Acts 4:20, Acts 17:16, Acts 18:5, 1 Corinthians 9:16, 1 Corinthians 9:17, 2 Corinthians 5:13-15

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:1 - could not Exodus 4:13 - send Job 4:2 - withhold himself from speaking Job 13:19 - if I hold Job 20:2 - my thoughts Isaiah 8:11 - with a strong hand Jeremiah 6:10 - the word Jeremiah 15:6 - I am Jeremiah 15:17 - for Jeremiah 15:19 - return Jeremiah 17:16 - I have Jeremiah 20:7 - thou art Jeremiah 23:29 - like as Ezekiel 3:3 - and fill Amos 3:8 - who can Jonah 4:5 - Jonah Micah 3:8 - I am Luke 24:32 - Did Acts 9:13 - Lord Acts 26:19 - I was not 1 Corinthians 14:32 - General 1 Thessalonians 3:1 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 12:18
And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?

Genesis 20:11
Abraha aunswered: For I thought [thus] surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

Genesis 20:18
For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

Genesis 26:10
Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

Genesis 34:7
And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 38:24
And it came to passe, after three monethes one tolde Iuda, saying: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the harlot, and with playing the harlot is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde: Bryng her foorth, that she may be brent.

Genesis 39:9
There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?

Exodus 32:21
And Moyses said vnto Aaron: What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?

Exodus 32:35
And the Lorde plagued the people, because they made the calfe whiche Aaron made.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name,.... Not that he publicly said this before his enemies, or privately to his friends, but he said it in his heart; he thought, nay, resolved, within himself, to prophesy no more; since no credit was given to him, but contempt cast on him; he was disgraced, and God was dishonoured, and no good done; wherefore he concluded it was better to be silent, and not mention the name of God, and say nothing of any message he had from him, since it was to no purpose. A temptation that oftentimes besets a minister of the word, because of the ill usage he meets with, the ill success of his ministry; and is but a temptation, as such see it to be sooner or later, as Jeremiah did;

but [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; which wanted vent, and must have it, and which only could be quenched by being divulged; and which, until it was done, he was in the utmost pain, as if he had been all on fire; his conscience accused him; his heart smote and condemned him; a woe was to him; see 1 Corinthians 9:16; or "there was in mine heart as a burning fire" e, c. a principle of love to God, and to the souls of men a zeal for his glory, and the good of his countrymen; which made him uneasy, and constrained him to break his former resolution: for the phrase, "his word", is not in the original text; though it is in like manner supplied by the Targum,

"and his words became in mine heart as fire burning and overflowing my bones;''

and so Kimchi,

"and the word of the Lord was in my heart as fire burning;''

and also Jarchi; the prophecy was as fire, to which it is compared,

Jeremiah 23:29;

and I was weary with forbearing; to speak; weary to hold it in:

and I could not [stay]; or I could not hold it in any longer; I was obliged to speak in the name of the Lord again, and deliver whatever message he was pleased to send me

e והיה בלבי "atqui est", Junius Tremellius "et exstitit", Piscator; "sed factum est in corde meo", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the result of feelings wounded by the indignities of a public scourging and a night spent in the stocks? Or was it not the mental agony of knowing that his ministry had (as it seemed) failed? He stands indeed before the multitudes with unbending strength, warning prince and people with unwavering constancy of the national ruin that would follow necessarily upon their sins. Before God he stood crushed by the thought that he had labored in vain, and spent his strength for nothing.

It is important to notice that with this outpouring of sorrow Jeremiah’s ministry virtually closed. Though he appeared again at Jerusalem toward the end of Jehoiakim’s reign, yet it was no longer to say that by repentance the national ruin might be averted. During the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the die was cast, and all the prophet henceforward could do, was to alleviate a punishment that was inevitable.

Jeremiah 20:7

Thou hast deceived me ... - What Jeremiah refers to is the joy with which he had accepted the prophetic office Jeremiah 15:16, occasioned perhaps by taking the promises in Jeremiah 1:18 too literally as a pledge that he would succeed.

Thou art stronger than I - Rather, “Thou hast taken hold of me.” God had taken Jeremiah in so firm a grasp that he could not escape from the necessity of prophesying. He would have resisted, but the hand of God prevailed.

I am in derision daily - literally, “I am become a laughing-stock all the day, i. e., peripetually.

Jeremiah 20:8

Translate,” For as often as I speak, I must complain; I call out, Violence and spoil.”

From the time Jeremiah began to prophesy, he had had reason for nothing but lamentation. Daily with louder voice and more desperate energy he must call out “violence and spoil;” as a perpetual protest against the manner in which the laws of justice were violated by powerful men among the people.

Jeremiah 20:9

Seeing that his mission was useless, Jeremiah determined to withdraw from it.

I could not stay - Rather, “I prevailed not,” did not succeed. See Jeremiah 20:7.

Jeremiah 20:10

The defaming - Rather, “the talking.” The word refers to people whispering in twos and threes apart; in this case plotting against Jeremiah. Compare Mark 14:58.

Report ... - Rather, “Do you report, and we will report him: i. e., they encourage one another to give information against Jeremiah.

My familiars - literally, “the men of my peace” Psalms 41:9. In the East the usual salutation is “Peace be to thee:” and the answer, “And to thee peace.” Thus, the phrase rather means acquaintances, than familiar friends.

Enticed - literally, “persuaded, misled,” the same word as “deceived Jeremiah 20:7.” Compare Mark 12:13-17.

Jeremiah 20:11

A mighty terrible one - Rather, “a terrible warrior.” The mighty One Isaiah 9:6 who is on his side is a terror to them. This change of feeling was the effect of faith, enabling him to be content with calmly doing his duty, and leaving the result to God.

For ... - Rather, “because they have not acted wisely (Jeremiah 10:21 note), with an everlasting disgrace that shall never be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 20:12

This verse is repeated almost verbatim from Jeremiah 11:20.

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing - Jeremiah’s outward circumstances remained the same, but he found peace in leaving his cause in faith to God.

Jeremiah 20:14

This sudden outbreak of impatience after the happy faith of Jeremiah 20:13 has led to much discussion. Possibly there was more of sorrow in the words than of impatience; sorrow that the earnest labor of a life had been in vain. Yet the form of the expression is fierce and indignant; and the impatience of Jeremiah is that part of his character which is most open to blame. He does not reach that elevation which is set before us by Him who is the perfect pattern of all righteousness. Our Lord was a prophet whose mission to the men of His generation equally failed, and His sorrow was even more deep; but it never broke forth in imprecations. See Luke 19:41-42.

Jeremiah 20:16

The cry - is the sound of the lamentation Jeremiah 20:8; “the shouting” is the alarm of war.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 20:9. I wilt not make mention of him — I will renounce the prophetic office, and return to my house.

As a burning fire shut up in my bones — He felt stings of conscience for the hasty and disobedient resolution he had formed; he felt ashamed of his own weakness, that did not confide in the promise and strength of God; and God's word was in him as a strongly raging fire, and he was obliged to deliver it, in order to get rid of the tortures which he felt from suppressing the solemn message which God had given. It is as dangerous to refuse to go when called, as it is to run without a call. On this subject, Jeremiah 1:6.