Jeremiah 20

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Verse 1

When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

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Verse 2

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.

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Verse 3

The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.

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Verse 4

For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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Verse 5

I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.

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Verse 6

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’”

Jeremiah’s Complaint

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Verse 7

You deceived^[a] me, Lord, and I was deceived^[b];
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.

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Verse 8

Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.

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Verse 9

But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
    indeed, I cannot.

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Verse 10

I hear many whispering,
    “Terror on every side!
    Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
    are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail over him
    and take our revenge on him.”

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Verse 11

But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.

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Verse 12

Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.

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Verse 13

Sing to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.

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Verse 14

Cursed be the day I was born!
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!

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Verse 15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”

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Verse 16

May that man be like the towns
the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.

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Verse 17

For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.

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Verse 18

Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?

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