Bible, King James Version
Jeremiah
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.
[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.
[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 Magor-missabib.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[13] Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath
delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
[14] Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day
wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
[15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father,
saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
[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;
[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.
[18] Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour
and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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