Jeremiah 20:9
Douay-Rheims
Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.
Rashi
Should I say: I will not mention Him If my heart said to me not to go on Your mission anymore.
it would be in my heart i.e., the prophecy, like a burning fire And against my will I must go.
confined in my bones And as if the fire were confined in my bones.
to contain To endure the fire.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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