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1 Now
Pashhur, the son
of Immer the
priest, who was
chief officer in
the LORD’s house,
heard Jeremiah
prophesying these
things.
2 Then
Pashhur struck
Jeremiah the
prophet and put
him in the
stocks that were
in the upper
gate of Benjamin,
which was in
the LORD’s house.
3 On
the next day,
Pashhur released
Jeremiah out of
the stocks. Then
Jeremiah said to
him, “The LORD
has not called
your name Pashhur,
but Magormissabib.
4 For
the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will make
you a terror
to yourself and
to all
your friends. They
will fall by
the sword of
their enemies, and
your eyes will
see it. I
will give all
Judah into the
hand of the
king of Babylon,
and he will
carry them captive
to Babylon, and
will kill them
with the sword.
5 Moreover I
will give all
the riches of
this city, and
all its gains, and
all its precious
things, yes, I
will give all
the treasures of
the kings of
Judah into the
hand of their
enemies. They will
make them captives,
take them, and
carry them
to Babylon.
6 You,
Pashhur, and all
who dwell in
your house will
go into captivity.
You will come
to Babylon, and
there you will
die, and there
you will be
buried, you, and
all your friends,
to whom you
have prophesied
falsely.’ ”
7 LORD,
you have persuaded
me, and I
was persuaded.
You are stronger
than I, and
have prevailed.
I have become
a laughingstock
all day.
Everyone mocks me.
8 For
as often as
I speak, I
cry out;
I cry, “Violence
and destruction!”
because the LORD’s
word has been
made a reproach
to me,
and a derision,
all day.
9 If
I say that
I will not
make mention of
him,
or speak any
more in his
name,
then there is
in my heart
as it were
a burning fire
shut up in
my bones.
I am weary
with holding it
in.
I can’t.
10 For
I have heard
the defaming of
many:
“Terror on every
side!
Denounce, and we
will denounce him!”
say all my
familiar friends,
those who watch
for my fall.
“Perhaps he will
be persuaded,
and we will
prevail against
him,
and we will
take our revenge
on him.”
11 But
the LORD is
with me as
an awesome mighty
one.
Therefore my
persecutors will
stumble,
and they won’t
prevail.
They will be
utterly disappointed
because they have
not dealt wisely,
even with an
everlasting dishonor
which will never
be forgotten.
12 But
the LORD of
Armies, who tests
the righteous,
who sees the
heart and the
mind,
let me see
your vengeance on
them,
for I have
revealed my cause
to you.
13 Sing
to the LORD!
Praise the LORD,
for he has
delivered the soul
of the needy from
the hand of
evildoers.
14 Cursed
is the day
in which I
was born.
Don’t let the day
in which my mother
bore me be
blessed.
15 Cursed is
the man who
brought news to
my father, saying,
“A boy is
born to you,”
making him very
glad.
16 Let
that man be as
the cities which
the LORD overthrew,
and didn’t repent.
Let him hear
a cry in
the morning,
and shouting
at noontime,
17 because
he didn’t kill me
from the womb.
So my mother would
have been my
grave,
and her womb
always great.
18 Why
did I come
out of the
womb to see
labor and sorrow,
that my days
should be consumed
with shame?