When Pashhur the priest , ... the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD , - heard Jeremiah - prophesying - these things ,
(he) - had Jeremiah - the prophet beaten and put - in the stocks - at the Upper Gate of Benjamin , which (was) by the house of the LORD.
- The next day , when Pashhur - released Jeremiah - from the stocks , Jeremiah - said to him , “ The LORD does not call ... you Pashhur , but ... vvv Magor-missabib.
For this is what the LORD ... says : ‘ I will make you a terror and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes .... - - And I will hand Judah over to ... the king of Babylon , and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
I will give away - all the wealth of this - city — all its products - and valuables , and all - the treasures of the kings of Judah — - to their enemies. They will plunder them , seize them , and carry them off to Babylon.
And you , Pashhur , and all who live in your house , will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon , and there you will die and be buried — you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies. ’”
You have deceived me , O LORD , and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long ; everyone mocks
For whenever I speak , I cry out ; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say , “ I will not ... mention Him or speak any more in His name ,” (His message) becomes a fire burning in my heart , shut up in my bones , and I become weary of holding it in , and I cannot prevail.
For I have heard the whispering of many : “ Terror is on every side ! Report him ; let us report him !” All my trusted friends ... watch for my fall : “ Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail and take our vengeance upon him.”
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore ... , my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded , they will be utterly put to shame , with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
O LORD of Hosts , who examines the righteous , who sees the heart and mind , let me see Your vengeance for to You I have committed - my cause.
Sing to the LORD ! Praise - the LORD ! For He rescues - the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
Cursed be the day - I was born May the day - my mother bore me never ... be blessed.
Cursed be the man who brought - my father {the news} , saying , “ A son ... is born bringing him great joy .
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry vvv at noon ,
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave , and her womb forever enlarged.
Why ... did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow , and to end my days in shame ?