Jeremiah 20
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Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah
1Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest, who was [also] chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the Lord. [Jer 1:19; 15:15] 3And the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib (terror on every side). 4For thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; they will fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he will carry them away to Babylon as captives and will slaughter them with the sword. 5Moreover, I will hand over all the riches of this city, all the result of its labor, all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, and take them away and carry them to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; you will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7¶[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.
8For whenever I speak, I must shout out;
I shout violence and destruction,
Because the word of the Lord has become to me
A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.
9If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].
10For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my familiar and trusted friends,
[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,
“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,
And take our revenge on him.”
11But the Lord is with me as a dread champion [one to be greatly feared];
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not overcome [me].
They will be completely shamed, for they have not acted wisely and have failed [in their schemes];
Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
12But, O Lord of hosts, You who examine the righteous,
Who see the heart and the mind,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have committed my cause.
13Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
For He has rescued the life of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
14¶Cursed be the day on which I was born;
Do not bless the day on which my mother gave birth to me!
15Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A son has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.
16And let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord overthrew without regret.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
And a shout of alarm at noon;
17Because he did not kill me before my birth,
So that my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always pregnant.
18Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
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Jeremiah 20
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Jeremiah Beaten by Pashhur
1Pashhur the priest,#1Ch 9:12; Jr 21:1; 38:1 the son of Immer#1Ch 24:14; Ezr 2:37–38 and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks#Jb 13:27; Jr 29:26; Ac 16:24 at the Upper Benjamin Gate#Jr 37:13; 38:7; Zch 14:10 in the Lord’s temple. 3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Terror Is on Every Side,#20:3 = Magor-missabib 4for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love.#Jr 6:25; 20:10; 46:5 They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes.#2Sm 12:11; Is 1:7; Jr 16:9; 29:21; 39:16; 51:24 I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword. 5I will give away all the wealth#Pr 15:6 of this city, all its products#Dt 28:33; Ezk 23:29 and valuables. Indeed, I will hand all the treasures of the kings of Judah over to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.#2Kg 20:17; 21:14; Lm 2:7 6As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon.#Jr 34:3; Mc 4:10 There you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you prophesied lies.’”#Jr 5:31; 14:13–14; 23:25–26,32; 27:10,14–16; 29:9,21,31
Jeremiah Compelled to Preach
7You deceived#1Kg 20:20–22; 2Ch 18:20; Jr 15:18 me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;#Gn 38:23; Jb 12:4; Ps 44:14; Jr 48:26–27,39; Lm 2:15–17; 3:14
everyone ridicules me.
8For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!” #Jr 6:7
so the word of the Lord has become my
constant disgrace and derision.
9I say, “I won’t mention him
or speak any longer in his name.”#Ex 5:23; Dt 18:20; Ac 5:40
But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart,#Jb 32:18–20; Ps 39:3
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,#Jr 6:11; Am 3:8; 1Co 9:16
and I cannot prevail.
10For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!#Jr 6:25; 20:3; 46:5; 49:29
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted#20:10 Lit Every man of my peace watches for my fall.#Ps 35:15; 41:9; 56:6
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”
11But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.#Ex 15:3
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.#Mc 3:7
12 Lord of Armies, testing the righteous
and seeing the heart#20:12 Lit kidneys and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to you.#Jr 11:20
13Sing to the Lord!
Praise the Lord,
for he rescues the life of the needy
from evil people.
Jeremiah’s Lament
14May the day I was born
be cursed.#Jb 3:3
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.
15May the man be cursed
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.
16Let that man be like the cities
the Lord demolished without compassion.#Gn 19:25
Let him hear an outcry in the morning#Jr 18:22
and a war cry at noontime
17because he didn’t kill me in the womb#Jb 3:10–11
so that my mother might have been my grave,
her womb eternally pregnant.
18Why did I come out of the womb
to see only struggle and sorrow,#Jb 3:20; Lm 3:1
to end my life in shame?
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