Jer 20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest,
who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah
prophesied these things.
Jer 20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
Jer 20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah
out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy
name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
Jer 20:4 For thus saith the Lord, 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 into Babylon, and shall slay them
with the sword.
Jer 20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the
labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of
the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil
them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
Jer 20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into
captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt
be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
Jer 20:7 O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger
than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Jer 20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Jer 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his
name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and
I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Jer 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say
they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall
take our revenge on him.
Jer 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly
ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be
forgotten.
Jer 20:12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my
cause.
Jer 20:13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul
of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Jer 20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my
mother bare me be the blessed.
Jer 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man
child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Jer 20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and
repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at
noontide;
Jer 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have
been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Jer 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that
my days should be consumed with shame?