Jeremiah’s response to Judah’s stubborn rejection of the Lord’s word is to be full of the wrath of the Lord.
The meaning here could be that Jeremiah senses the Lord’s anger as if it is his own, or that he was overwhelmed by a godly anger at his people’s refusal to hear his warnings and respond. For the Lord’s true prophet there is not much distinction between these two meanings. Either way, he is so full of the wrath of the Lord
that he is weary of holding it in.
He compares himself to a container that can no longer hold what is inside. As intense and justified as the anger is, Jeremiah is still reluctant for it to be poured out onto his people. He longs to have a different message.1
11 Je suis plein de la fureur de l'Eternel, je ne puis la contenir. Répands-la sur l'enfant dans la rue, Et sur les assemblées des jeunes gens. Car l'homme et la femme seront pris, Le vieillard et celui qui est chargé de jours.