in bitternesse] Heb. bitter. After I had well thought upon the subject of my prophecies, and of my commission, finding them full of miseries for my Nation, and of the dangers and troubles for my self. heat of my spirit] Heb. hot anger. hand of the LORD] That is to say, the power of Gods Spirit made me to overcome all these fleshly apprehensions. Isaiah 8:11. Jeremiah 1:9.