20:9
Despite his complaining, Jeremiah was actually in a bind. For if he decided not to speak the word of the Lord was still in him, and it burnt away like a fire, desperate to get out. So Jeremiah could find no peace. The word of God is living and active, it is not just words on a page when the Holy Spirit has put the word into us.
20:10
Then we get back to Jeremiah thinking about the woes he is experiencing. There are many all around him whispering “denounce him!” This sort of thing went on in countries like East Germany and other communists regimes. It still goes on today in many nations. It may even occur in the West, and is increasingly likely to do so as society finds Christian teaching to be ever more abhorrent. Even his friends were looking for opportunities to denounce him.
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