Jeremiah 20

1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:1

2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:2

3 It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name 'Pashhur,' but 'Magor-Missabib.'NHEB — Jeremiah 20:3

4 For thus says the LORD, 'Look, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:4

5 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:5

6 You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.'"NHEB — Jeremiah 20:6

7 LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I am, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all day long; everyone mocks me.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:7

8 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, "Violence and destruction." because the word of the LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:8

9 If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:9

10 For 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 shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."NHEB — Jeremiah 20:10

11 But the LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:11

12 But, the LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:12

13 Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:13

14 Cursed is the day in which I was born: do not let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:14

15 Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:15

16 Let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and did not repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;NHEB — Jeremiah 20:16

17 because he did not kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.NHEB — Jeremiah 20:17

18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?NHEB — Jeremiah 20:18