Jeremiah 20
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A Message for Pashhur
1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest who was officer in charge in the temple of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the temple of Yahweh. 3And then#Literally “And it was” on the next day, when Pashhur brought Jeremiah out from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh will not call your name Pashhur, but#Literally “but if” Terror From All Around. 4For thus says Yahweh, ‘Look, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends, and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will be seeing it.#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation And all Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword. 5And I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its acquisitions, and all its precious items, and all of the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, and they will seize them, and they will bring them to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all those who live in your house will go into captivity, and you will go to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends to whom you have prophesied falsely.#Literally “in the lie”’ ”
Jeremiah’s Lament
7You have persuaded me, O Yahweh, and I was persuaded.
You have overpowered me, and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long.
Everyone#Literally “All of him” is mocking me.
8For as often as#Literally “from enough” I speak,
I must cry out violence and destruction.
I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me
a disgrace and derision all day long.
9But if I say, “I will not mention him
and I will no longer speak in his name,”
then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning,
locked up in my bones,
and I struggle to contain it,#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
and I am not able.
10For I hear the rumor of many,
“Terror is from all around, denounce him,#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
yes, let us denounce him!”
All my close friends#Literally “All the human being of my peace” are watchers of my stumbling,
saying, “perhaps he can be persuaded,
and we can prevail over him,
and we can take our revenge on him.”
11But Yahweh is with me like a powerful warrior.
Therefore#Literally “Unto thus” my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail.
They will be very ashamed, for they will not achieve success.
Their everlasting insult#Literally “insult of eternity” will not be forgotten.
12Yet, O Yahweh of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart#Literally “kidneys” and the mind,#Literally “heart”
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have revealed my legal case.
13Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh,
for he has delivered the life of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14Cursed be the day on which I was born,
let not the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
saying,#Literally “to say” “A child is born to you, a son!”
and he made him very glad.
16And let that man be like the cities
that Yahweh demolished without regret,
and let him hear a cry for help in the morning,
and an alarm at the time of noon.
17Because he did not kill me in the womb,
so that my mother would have been for me my grave,
and her womb would be pregnant forever.
18Why#Literally “To what this” did I come out from the womb,
to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?#Literally “my days will come to an end in shame”
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Jeremiah 20
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1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house. 3On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.#20:3 “Magormissabib” means “surrounded by terror” 4For Yahweh 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. 5Moreover 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. 6You, 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.’”
7Yahweh, 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.
8For as often as I speak, I cry out;
I cry, “Violence and destruction!”
because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me,
and a derision, all day.
9If 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.
10For 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.”
11But Yahweh 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.
12But Yahweh 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.
13Sing to Yahweh!
Praise Yahweh,
for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
14Cursed is the day in which I was born.
Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
15Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying,
“A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
16Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew,
and didn’t repent.
Let him hear a cry in the morning,
and shouting at noontime,
17because he didn’t kill me from the womb.
So my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb always great.
18Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?
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