The Book of Jeremiah
20: 1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the
house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 20:2Then Pashhur
smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate
of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah. 20:3And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said
Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but
Magor-missabib. 20:4For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to
thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies,
and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king
of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with
the sword. 20:5Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains
thereof, and all the precious things thereof, yea, all the treasures of the kings of
Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey,
and take them, and carry them to Babylon. 20:6And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell
in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there
thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom
thou hast prophesied falsely. 20:7O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was
persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a
laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me. 20:8For as often as I speak, I cry
out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a
reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day. 20:9And if I say, I will not make
mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it
were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I
cannot contain. 20:10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side.
Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, they that watch
for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him,
and we shall take our revenge on him. 20:11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one
and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail;
they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with
an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten. 20:12But, O Jehovah of
hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy
vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause. 20:13Sing unto Jehovah,
praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of
evil-doers. 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my
mother bare me be blessed. 20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my
father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 20:16And let
that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him
hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime; 20:17because he slew me not
from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb
always great. 20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?