Jeremiah:20

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* And Pashur the son of Immer , the priest -- and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah -- heard Jeremiah prophesy these things . * And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet , and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin , which was in the house of Jehovah . * And it came to pass the next day , that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks ; and Jeremiah said unto him , Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur , but Magor-missabib . * For thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I 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 see [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 smite them with the sword . * And , I will give all the wealth of this city , and all its gains , and all its precious things , and all the treasures of the kings of Judah , will I give into the hand of their enemies ; and they shall make them a prey , and take them , and carry them to Babylon . * And thou , Pashur , and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity ; and thou shalt come to Babylon , and there thou shalt die , and there thou shalt be buried , thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied falsehood . * Jehovah , thou hast enticed me , and I was enticed ; thou hast laid hold of me , and hast prevailed ; I am become a derision the whole day : every one mocketh me . * For as oft as I speak , I cry out ; I proclaim violence and spoil ; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day . * And I said , I will not make mention of him , nor speak any more in his name : but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones ; and I became wearied with holding in , and I could not . * For I have heard the defaming of many , terror on every side : Report , and we will report it . All my familiars are watching for my stumbling : Peradventure he will be enticed , and we shall prevail against him ; and we shall take our revenge on him . * But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one ; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail ; they shall be greatly ashamed , for they have not prospered : it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten . * And thou , Jehovah of hosts , who triest the righteous , who seest the reins and the heart , let me see thy vengeance on them ; for unto thee have I revealed my cause . * Sing ye unto Jehovah , praise Jehovah , for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers . * Cursed be the day wherein I was born ; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed ! * Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father , saying , A man child is born unto thee ; making him very glad ! * And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew , and repented not ; and let him hear a cry in the morning , and a shouting at noonday , * because he slew me not from the womb . Or would that my mother had been my grave , and her womb always great [with me ]! * Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow , that my days should be consumed in shame ?

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