וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לֹֽא־אֶזְכְּרֶ֗נּוּ וְלֹֽא־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר עוֹד֙ בִּשְׁמ֔וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה בְלִבִּי֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ בֹּעֶ֔רֶת עָצֻ֖ר בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי כַּֽלְכֵ֖ל וְלֹ֥א אוּכָֽל׃
Y dije: No me acordaré más de él, ni hablaré más en su nombre: empero fué en mi corazón como un fuego ardiente metido en mis huesos, trabajé por sufrirlo, y no pude.
Duties of the Heart
On this, the torah is compared to fire as written "Is not My word like fire?" (Yirmiyahu 23:29), because it enlightens the eyes, as written "the commandments of the L-ord are pure, enlightening the eyes" (Tehilim19:9) and "Your word is like a candle to my feet, and a light to my path" (Tehilim 119:105). But anyone who turns away from its proper path, it burns up with its fire, as written "by fire G-d will exact judgment" (Isaiah 66:16), and "on the wicked He will rain fiery coals" (Tehilim 11:6), and "Should I say; I will not mention Him, and I will no longer speak in His Name, but this was in my heart like a burning fire" (Yirmiyahu 20:9).