Whenever I prophesy,
you have me speak, “Violence and destruction!”
I am ridiculed every time I proclaim your word.
I get nothing but trouble and insults all day long.
When I tell myself,
“I’m not going to speak his message ever again
or prophesy any more in his name,”
then all at once you are within me
like a burning, consuming fire deep in my bones.
I try my best to hold your word inside,
but I can’t hold it back any longer!