Jer 20 | NASB1995 | STEP | When Pashhur the priest , the son of Immer , who was chief officer in the house of the Lord , heard Jeremiah prophesying these things ,

Jeremiah 20

Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of ^aImmer, who was ^bchief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet ^cbeaten and put him in the ^dstocks that were at the upper ^eBenjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord. 3 On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has ^fcalled you, but rather ^{▼▼ I.e. terror on every side
,} ^hMagor-missabib. 4 “For thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a ⁱterror to yourself and to all your friends; and while ^jyour eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will ^kgive over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as ^lexiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword. 5 ‘I will also give over all the ^mwealth 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 ⁿhand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon. 6 ‘And you, ^oPashhur, 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 ^pfriends to whom you have ^qfalsely prophesied.’”

Jeremiah’s Complaint

7 O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have ^rovercome me and prevailed.
I have become a ^slaughingstock all day long;
Everyone ^tmocks me.
8 For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I ^uproclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the ^vword of the Lord has ^{▼▼ Lit become}resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not ^xremember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in ^ymy heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And ^zI cannot endure it.
10 For ^aaI have heard the whispering of many,
^ab“Terror on every side!
^acDenounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
^{▼▼ Lit Every man of my peace}All my ^aetrusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be ^{▼▼ Or persuaded}deceived, so that we may ^agprevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
11 But the ^ahLord is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my ^aipersecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have ^{▼▼ Lit not succeeded; or not acted wisely}failed,
With an ^akeverlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
12 Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who ^altest the righteous,
Who see the ^{▼▼ Lit kidneys}mind and the heart;
Let me ^ansee Your vengeance on them;
For ^aoto You I have set forth my cause.
13 ^apSing to the Lord, praise the Lord!
For He has ^aqdelivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.

14 Cursed be the ^arday 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 ^{▼▼ Lit male child
,} ^atbaby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.
16 But let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord ^auoverthrew without ^{▼▼ Lit being sorry}relenting,
And let him hear an ^awoutcry in the morning
And a ^{▼▼ Or trumpet blast}shout of alarm at noon;
17 Because he did not ^aykill me ^{▼▼ Lit from the womb}before 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 ^balook on trouble and sorrow,
So that my ^bbdays have been spent in ^bcshame?