Pentecost Season · Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A
Jeremiah 20:7-9
Jeremiah's Complaint; A Burning Fire
August 30, 2026
Overview & Insights
"If I say, 'I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,' then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot." (Jeremiah 20:9)
Jeremiah laments the mockery and persecution his prophetic calling brings, feeling deceived and overpowered by God. Yet God's word burns within him so that he cannot keep silent, and he trusts that the Lord will deliver him from his persecutors.
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Commentary
Jeremiah 20: The Prophet's Complaint Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.
Jeremiah 20 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.
Jeremiah 20:7 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries on the fire in the prophet's bones in one place.
Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 20 StudyLight
Albert Barnes' notes on the whole chapter of Jeremiah 20.
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A): Readings Agape Bible Study
A Catholic reading study that ties Jeremiah's burning word to the cost of following Christ.
Background & Word Study
Jeremiah 20 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text with English alongside and classical Jewish commentaries.
Jeremiah 20:7 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for the prophet's complaint.
Enter the Bible: Jeremiah Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on the book of Jeremiah and its themes.
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