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Jeremiah 20

Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

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When Pashhur the priest, the son of  aImmer, who was  bchief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

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Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet  abeaten and put him in the  bstocks that were at the upper  cBenjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.

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On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "Pashhur is not the name the LORD has  acalled you, but rather  1 bMagor-missabib.

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"For thus says the LORD, `Behold, I am going to make you a  aterror to yourself and to all your friends; and while  byour eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will  cgive over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as  dexiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.

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`I will also give over all the  awealth of this city, all its produce and all its costly things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give over to the  bhand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon.

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`And you,  aPashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your  bfriends to whom you have  cfalsely prophesied.' "

Jeremiah's Complaint

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O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have  aovercome me and prevailed. I have become a  blaughingstock all day long; Everyone  cmocks me.

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For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I  aproclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the  bword of the LORD has  1resulted In reproach and derision all day long.

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But if I say, "I will not  aremember Him Or speak anymore in His name," Then in  bmy heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And  cI cannot endure it.

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For  aI have heard the whispering of many, " bTerror on every side!  cDenounce him; yes, let us denounce him!"  1All my  dtrusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be  2deceived, so that we may  eprevail against him And take our revenge on him."

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But the  aLORD is with me like a dread champion; Therefore my  bpersecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have  1failed, With an  ceverlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

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Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who  atest the righteous, Who see the  1mind and the heart; Let me  bsee Your vengeance on them; For  cto You I have set forth my cause.

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 aSing to the LORD, praise the LORD! For He has  bdelivered the soul of the needy one From the hand of evildoers.

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Cursed be the  aday when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

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Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A  1 ababy boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy.

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But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD  aoverthrew without  1relenting, And let him hear an  boutcry in the morning And a  2shout of alarm at noon;

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Because he did not  akill me  1before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant.

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Why did I ever come forth from the womb To  alook on trouble and sorrow, So that my  bdays have been spent in  cshame?



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