Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 20
Jeremiah 20 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 20 of Jeremiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ When Pashhur the priest, the son of 1Immer, who was 2chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
- Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet 3beaten and put him in the 4stocks that were at the upper 5Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.
- On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the LORD has 6called you, but rather [a]7Magor-missabib.
- For thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a 8terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while 9your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will 10give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as 11exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.
- I will also give over all the 12wealth 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 13hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon.
- And you, 14Pashhur, 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 15friends to whom you have 16falsely prophesied.’”
- ¶ O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have 17overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a 18laughingstock all day long;
Everyone 19mocks me. - For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I 20proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the 21word of the LORD has [b]resulted
In reproach and derision all day long. - But if I say, “I will not 22remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in 23my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And 24I cannot endure it. - For 25I have heard the whispering of many,
“26Terror on every side!
27Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
[c]All my 28trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be [d]deceived, so that we may 29prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.” - But the 30LORD is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my 31persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have [e]failed,
With an 32everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten. - Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who 33test the righteous,
Who see the [f]mind and the heart;
Let me 34see Your vengeance on them;
For 35to You I have set forth my cause. - 36Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD!
For He has 37delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers. - ¶ Cursed be the 38day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me! - Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A [g]39baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy. - But let that man be like the cities
Which the LORD 40overthrew without [h]relenting,
And let him hear an 41outcry in the morning
And a [i]shout of alarm at noon; - Because he did not 42kill me [j]before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant. - Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To 43look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my 44days have been spent in 45shame?
FOOTNOTES
- ^ I.e. terror on every side
- ^ Lit become
- ^ Lit Every man of my peace
- ^ Or persuaded
- ^ Lit not succeeded; or not acted wisely
- ^ Lit kidneys
- ^ Lit male child
- ^ Lit being sorry
- ^ Or trumpet blast
- ^ Lit from the womb
REFERENCES
- ^ 1Ch 24:14; Ezr 2:37, 38
- ^ 2Ki 25:18
- ^ 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; 24:21; Je 1:19; Am 7:10-13
- ^ Jb 13:27; 33:11
- ^ Je 37:13; 38:7; Zc 14:10
- ^ Is 8:3; Ho 1:4, 9
- ^ Je 6:25; 20:10
- ^ Jb 18:11-21; Je 6:25; 46:5; Eze 26:21
- ^ Je 29:21; 39:6, 7
- ^ Je 21:4-10; 25:9
- ^ Je 13:10; 52:27
- ^ Je 15:13; 17:3
- ^ 2Ki 20:17, 18; 2Ch 36:10; Je 27:21, 22
- ^ Je 20:1
- ^ Je 20:4; 29:21
- ^ Je 14:14, 15; La 2:14
- ^ Eze 3:14
- ^ Jb 12:4; La 3:14
- ^ Ps 22:7; Je 38:19
- ^ Je 6:7
- ^ 2Ch 36:16; Je 6:10
- ^ 1Ki 19:3, 4; Jon 1:2, 3
- ^ Jb 32:18-20; Ps 39:3; Je 4:19; 23:9; Eze 3:14; Ac 4:20
- ^ Jb 32:18-20
- ^ Ps 31:13
- ^ Je 6:25
- ^ Ne 6:6-13; Is 29:21; Je 18:18
- ^ Ps 41:9
- ^ 1Ki 19:2
- ^ Je 1:8; 15:20; Ro 8:31
- ^ De 32:35, 36; Je 15:15, 20; 17:18
- ^ Je 23:40
- ^ Ps 7:9; 11:5; 17:3; 139:23; Je 11:20; 17:10
- ^ Ps 54:7; 59:10; Je 11:20
- ^ Ps 62:8
- ^ Je 31:7
- ^ Ps 34:6; 69:33; Je 15:21
- ^ Jb 3:3-6; Je 15:10
- ^ Ge 21:6, 7
- ^ Ge 19:25
- ^ Je 18:22; 48:3, 4
- ^ Jb 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19
- ^ Jb 3:20; 5:7; 14:1; Je 15:10; La 3:1
- ^ Ps 90:9; 102:3
- ^ Ps 69:19; Je 3:25; 1Co 4:9-13
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