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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Jeremiah 20
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Pashhur Will Be Captured
1Pashhur son of Immer was a priest and the highest officer in the Temple of the Lord. When he heard Jeremiah prophesying in the Temple courtyard, 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten. And he locked Jeremiah’s hands and feet between large blocks of wood at the Upper Gate of Benjamin of the Lord’s Temple. 3The next day when Pashhur took Jeremiah out of the blocks of wood, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur. Now his name for you is Terror on Every Side. 4This is what the Lord says: ‘I will soon make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. You will watch enemies killing your friends with swords. And I will give all the people of Judah to the king of Babylon, who will take them away as captives to Babylon and then will kill them with swords. 5I will give all the wealth of this city to its enemies—its goods, its valuables, and the treasures of the kings of Judah. The enemies will carry all those valuables off to Babylon. 6And Pashhur, you and everyone in your house will be taken captive. You will be forced to go to Babylon, where you will die and be buried, you and your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Fifth Complaint
7Lord, you tricked me, and I was fooled.
You are stronger than I am, so you won.
I have become a joke;
everyone makes fun of me all day long.
8Every time I speak, I shout.
I am always shouting about violence and destruction.
I tell the people about the message I received from the Lord,
but this only brings me insults.
The people make fun of me all day long.
9Sometimes I say to myself,
“I will forget about the Lord.
I will not speak anymore in his name.”
But then his message becomes like a burning fire inside me,
deep within my bones.
I get tired of trying to hold it inside of me,
and finally, I cannot hold it in.
10I hear many people whispering about me:
“Terror on every side!
Tell on him! Let’s tell the rulers about him.”
My friends are all just waiting for me to make some mistake.
They are saying,
“Maybe we can trick him
so we can defeat him
and pay him back.”
11But the Lord is with me like a strong warrior,
so those who are chasing me will trip and fall;
they will not defeat me.
They will be ashamed because they have failed,
and their shame will never be forgotten.
12Lord All-Powerful, you test good people;
you look deeply into the heart and mind of a person.
I have told you my arguments against these people,
so let me see you give them the punishment they deserve.
13Sing to the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
He saves the life of the poor
from the power of the wicked.
Jeremiah’s Sixth Complaint
14Let there be a curse on the day I was born;
let there be no blessing on the day when my mother gave birth to me.
15Let there be a curse on the man
who brought my father the news:
“You have a son!”
This made my father very glad.
16Let that man be like the towns
the Lord destroyed without pity.
Let him hear loud crying in the morning
and battle cries at noon,
17because he did not kill me before I was born.
Then my mother would have been my grave;
she would have stayed pregnant forever.
18Why did I have to come out of my mother’s body?
All I have known is trouble and sorrow,
and my life will end in shame.
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