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Pashhur
Persecutes Jeremiah |
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| Jeremiah 20:1 |
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When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who
was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, |
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| Jeremiah 20:2 |
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Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and
put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house
of the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 20:3 |
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On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah
from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "Pashhur is not the name the LORD has called
you, but rather Magor-missabib. |
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| Jeremiah 20:4 |
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"For thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am going
to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes
look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will give over all
Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as exiles
to Babylon and will slay them with the sword. |
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| Jeremiah 20:5 |
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'I will also give over all the wealth of this
city, all its produce and all its costly things; even all the treasures of the
kings of Judah I will give over to the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder
them, take them away and bring them to Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 20:6 |
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'And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your
house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die
and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely
prophesied.'" |
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Jeremiah's Complaint |
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| Jeremiah 20:7 |
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O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me. |
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| Jeremiah 20:8 |
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For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim
violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In
reproach and derision all day long. |
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| Jeremiah 20:9 |
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But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speak
anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up
in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. |
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| Jeremiah 20:10 |
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For I have heard the whispering of many, "Terror
on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail
against him And take our revenge on him." |
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| Jeremiah 20:11 |
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But the LORD is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed,
because they have failed, With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten. |
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| Jeremiah 20:12 |
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Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous,
Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You
I have set forth my cause. |
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| Jeremiah 20:13 |
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Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD! For He has
delivered the soul of the needy one From the hand of evildoers. |
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| Jeremiah 20:14 |
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Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day
not be blessed when my mother bore me! |
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| Jeremiah 20:15 |
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Cursed be the man who brought the news To my
father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy. |
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| Jeremiah 20:16 |
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But let that man be like the cities Which the
LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And
a shout of alarm at noon; |
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| Jeremiah 20:17 |
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Because he did not kill me before birth, So
that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. |
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| Jeremiah 20:18 |
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Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look
on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame? |
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