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Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah
When Pashhur the priest, the son of A1 Chr 24:14; Ezra 2:37, 38Immer, who was B2 Kin 25:18chief officer in the house of the Loʀᴅ, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet A1 Kin 22:27; 2 Chr 16:10; 24:21; Jer 1:19; Amos 7:10-13beaten and put him in the BJob 13:27; 33:11stocks that were at the upper CJer 37:13; 38:7; Zech 14:10Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Loʀᴅ. On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Loʀᴅ has AIs 8:3; Hos 1:4, 9called you, but rather 1I.e. terror on every sideBJer 6:25; 20:10Magor-missabib.  “For thus says the Loʀᴅ, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a AJob 18:11-21; Jer 6:25; 46:5; Ezek 26:21terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while BJer 29:21; 39:6, 7your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will CJer 21:4-10; 25:9give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as DJer 13:10; 52:27exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.  ‘I will also give over all the AJer 15:13; 17:3wealth 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 B2 Kin 20:17, 18; 2 Chr 36:10; Jer 27:21, 22hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon.  ‘And you, AJer 20:1Pashhur, 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 BJer 20:4; 29:21friends to whom you have CJer 14:14, 15; Lam 2:14falsely prophesied.’ ”
 
Jeremiah’s Complaint
O Loʀᴅ, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have AEzek 3:14overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a BJob 12:4; Lam 3:14laughingstock all day long;
Everyone CPs 22:7; Jer 38:19mocks me.
For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I AJer 6:7proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the B2 Chr 36:16; Jer 6:10word of the Loʀᴅ has 1Lit becomeresulted
In reproach and derision all day long.
But if I say, “I will not A1 Kin 19:3, 4; Jon 1:2, 3remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in BJob 32:18-20; Ps 39:3; Jer 4:19; 23:9; Ezek 3:14; Acts 4:20my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And CJob 32:18-20I cannot endure it.
10 For APs 31:13I have heard the whispering of many,
BJer 6:25Terror on every side!
CNeh 6:6-13; Is 29:21; Jer 18:18Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
1Lit Every man of my peaceAll my DPs 41:9trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be 2Or persuadeddeceived, so that we may E1 Kin 19:2prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
11 But the AJer 1:8; 15:20; Rom 8:31Loʀᴅ is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my BDeut 32:35, 36; Jer 15:15, 20; 17:18persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have 1Lit not succeeded; or not acted wiselyfailed,
With an CJer 23:40everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
12 Yet, O Loʀᴅ of hosts, You who APs 7:9; 11:5; 17:3; 139:23; Jer 11:20; 17:10test the righteous,
Who see the 1Lit kidneysmind and the heart;
Let me BPs 54:7; 59:10; Jer 11:20see Your vengeance on them;
For CPs 62:8to You I have set forth my cause.
13 AJer 31:7Sing to the Loʀᴅ, praise the Loʀᴅ!
For He has BPs 34:6; 69:33; Jer 15:21delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
 
14 Cursed be the AJob 3:3-6; Jer 15:10day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A 1Lit male childAGen 21:6, 7baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.
16 But let that man be like the cities
Which the Loʀᴅ AGen 19:25overthrew without 1Lit being sorryrelenting,
And let him hear an BJer 18:22; 48:3, 4outcry in the morning
And a 2Or trumpet blastshout of alarm at noon;
17 Because he did not AJob 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19kill me 1Lit from the wombbefore birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.
18 Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To AJob 3:20; 5:7; 14:1; Jer 15:10; Lam 3:1look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my BPs 90:9; 102:3days have been spent in CPs 69:19; Jer 3:25; 1 Cor 4:9-13shame?

A20:1 1 Chr 24:14; Ezra 2:37, 38

B20:1 2 Kin 25:18

A20:2 1 Kin 22:27; 2 Chr 16:10; 24:21; Jer 1:19; Amos 7:10-13

B20:2 Job 13:27; 33:11

C20:2 Jer 37:13; 38:7; Zech 14:10

A20:3 Is 8:3; Hos 1:4, 9

120:3 I.e. terror on every side

B20:3 Jer 6:25; 20:10

A20:4 Job 18:11-21; Jer 6:25; 46:5; Ezek 26:21

B20:4 Jer 29:21; 39:6, 7

C20:4 Jer 21:4-10; 25:9

D20:4 Jer 13:10; 52:27

A20:5 Jer 15:13; 17:3

B20:5 2 Kin 20:17, 18; 2 Chr 36:10; Jer 27:21, 22

A20:6 Jer 20:1

B20:6 Jer 20:4; 29:21

C20:6 Jer 14:14, 15; Lam 2:14

A20:7 Ezek 3:14

B20:7 Job 12:4; Lam 3:14

C20:7 Ps 22:7; Jer 38:19

A20:8 Jer 6:7

B20:8 2 Chr 36:16; Jer 6:10

120:8 Lit become

A20:9 1 Kin 19:3, 4; Jon 1:2, 3

B20:9 Job 32:18-20; Ps 39:3; Jer 4:19; 23:9; Ezek 3:14; Acts 4:20

C20:9 Job 32:18-20

A20:10 Ps 31:13

B20:10 Jer 6:25

C20:10 Neh 6:6-13; Is 29:21; Jer 18:18

120:10 Lit Every man of my peace

D20:10 Ps 41:9

220:10 Or persuaded

E20:10 1 Kin 19:2

A20:11 Jer 1:8; 15:20; Rom 8:31

B20:11 Deut 32:35, 36; Jer 15:15, 20; 17:18

120:11 Lit not succeeded; or not acted wisely

C20:11 Jer 23:40

A20:12 Ps 7:9; 11:5; 17:3; 139:23; Jer 11:20; 17:10

120:12 Lit kidneys

B20:12 Ps 54:7; 59:10; Jer 11:20

C20:12 Ps 62:8

A20:13 Jer 31:7

B20:13 Ps 34:6; 69:33; Jer 15:21

A20:14 Job 3:3-6; Jer 15:10

120:15 Lit male child

A20:15 Gen 21:6, 7

A20:16 Gen 19:25

120:16 Lit being sorry

B20:16 Jer 18:22; 48:3, 4

220:16 Or trumpet blast

A20:17 Job 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19

120:17 Lit from the womb

A20:18 Job 3:20; 5:7; 14:1; Jer 15:10; Lam 3:1

B20:18 Ps 90:9; 102:3

C20:18 Ps 69:19; Jer 3:25; 1 Cor 4:9-13