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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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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