...reproach unto me and a derision daily," — my testimony for God was turned into ridicule, —" and then I said, I will not make mention of him nor speak any more in his name ;"—he was tempted to shrink from standing up for God — " but his word was in mine heart as a burning...

...Lord made a reproach and a derision daily, by the thoughtless men of his generation, resolved not to make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. " But," cays he, " his word was in mine heart, as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with...

...and her witchcrafts are so many?" Jeremiah was so overwhelmed that he determined to keep his peace. " Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak...burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary of forbearing, and I could not stay." And is it not right to speak ? Here is a statement which is the...

...speech of God. It burns within, especially in the time of affliction, as was the case of Jeremiah : ' Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and could not stay.'...

...shows his back moves forward, leaving the other to indulge in spleen and imprecations. XX. 9. — " His word was in mine heart, as a burning fire shut up in my bones." Of awful language it is said, " It burns up my era/, ie my liver." Does a man see acts of oppression,...

...shows his back moves forward, leaving the other to indulge in spleen and imprecations. XX. 9. — " His word was in mine heart, as a burning fire shut up in my bones." Of awful language it is said, " It burns up my eral, ie my liver." Does a man see acts of oppression,...

...the bitterness of his life: " The word of the Lord is made a reproach unto me, and a derision daily; then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," chap. xx. 8, 9. But God lays hold of him, by invisible bonds, and which no finds it impossible to shake...

...I do daily suffer reproach and scornful insultations on all hands, for delivering thy message. XX. 9. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor...mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones. Then was I ready, in my weakness, to give in, and to resolve not to speak any more these unpleasing...

...word oí the LORD R. Roman., was made a «proach unto me, eir аппиш lu and a derision, daily. Lord GOD ; whether they will hear, or whether they Ai* word was in mine heart as a ' burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,...

...petulantly to resolve, • Gen. xix. 11. as the Lord's prophet resolved under similar difficulties, " I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name ?"* Still, he dares not abandon the post assigned to him, lest he, like " the son of Amittai," should...