1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in
the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 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 Yahweh. 3 It
happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the
stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur,
but Magormissabib. 4 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, 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. 5 Moreover I will give all the riches
of this city, and all the gains of it, 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. 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
shall you be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied
falsely. 7 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you
are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the
day, every one mocks me. 8 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry,
Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to
me, and a derision, all the day. 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. 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; peradventure he will be persuaded, and
we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. 11 But
Yahweh 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. 12 But, Yahweh 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. 13 Sing to Yahweh, praise
you Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of
evil-doers. 14 Cursed be the day in which I was born: don’t let the day in
which my mother bore me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought news
to my father, saying, A man-child is born to you; making him very glad.
16 Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t
repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
17 because he didn’t kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have
been my grave, and her womb always great. 18 Why came I forth out of the
womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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