20When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief officer of the Temple, heard me proclaim these things,H6583H1121H564H3548H6496H5057H1004H3068H8085H3414H5012H16972he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.H6583H5221H3414H5030H5414H4115H5945H8179H1144H1004H30683The next morning, after Pashhur had released me from the chains, I said to him, "The LORD did not name you Pashhur. The name he has given you is 'Terror Everywhere.'H4283H6583H3318H3414H4115H559H3414H3068H7121H8034H6583H40364The LORD himself has said, 'I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to your friends, and you will see them all killed by the swords of their enemies. I am going to put all the people of Judah under the power of the king of Babylonia; he will take some away as prisoners to his country and put others to death.H559H3068H5414H4032H157H5307H2719H341H5869H7200H5414H3063H3027H4428H894H1540H894H5221H27195I will also let their enemies plunder all the wealth of this city and seize all its possessions and property, even the treasures of the kings of Judah, and carry everything off to Babylonia.H5414H2633H5892H3018H3366H214H4428H3063H5414H3027H341H962H3947H935H8946As for you, Pashhur, you and all your family will also be captured and taken off to Babylonia. There you will die and be buried, along with all your friends to whom you have told so many lies.' "H6583H3427H1004H3212H7628H935H894H4191H6912H157H5012H8267
Jeremiah Complains to the Lord
7LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You are stronger than I am, and you have overpowered me. Everyone makes fun of me; they laugh at me all day long.H3068H6601H6601H2388H3201H7814H3117H39328Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.H1767H1696H2199H7121H2555H7701H1697H3068H2781H7047H31179But when I say, "I will forget the LORD and no longer speak in his name," then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.H559H2142H1696H8034H3820H1197H784H6113H6106H3811H3557H320110I hear everybody whispering, "Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!" Even my close friends wait for my downfall. "Perhaps he can be tricked," they say; "then we can catch him and get revenge."H8085H1681H7227H4032H5439H5046H5046H582H7965H8104H6763H6761H6601H3201H3947H536011But you, LORD, are on my side, strong and mighty, and those who persecute me will fail. They will be disgraced forever, because they cannot succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.H3068H1368H6184H7291H3782H3201H3966H954H7919H5769H3639H791112But, Almighty LORD, you test people justly; you know what is in their hearts and minds. So let me see you take revenge on my enemies, for I have placed my cause in your hands.H3068H6635H974H6662H7200H3629H3820H7200H5360H1540H737913Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.H7891H3068H1984H3068H5337H5315H34H3027H748914Curse the day I was born! Forget the day my mother gave me birth!H779H3117H3205H3117H517H3205H128815Curse the one who made my father glad by bringing him the news, "It's a boy! You have a son!"H779H376H1319H1H559H2145H1121H3205H8055H805516May he be like those cities that the LORD destroyed without mercy. May he hear cries of pain in the morning and the battle alarm at noon,H376H5892H3068H2015H5162H8085H2201H1242H8643H6256H667217for not killing me before I was born. Then my mother's womb would have been my grave.H4191H7358H517H6913H7358H5769H203018Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?H3318H7358H7200H5999H3015H3117H3615H1322