201 When Pashhur the priest , the son of Immer , who was chief officer in the house of the Lord , heard Jeremiah prophesying these things , 2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin 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 called you, but rather e Magor-missabib . 4 "For thus says the Lord , 'Behold , I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends ; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies . So I will give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon , and he will carry them away as exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword . 5 'I will also give over all the wealth 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 hand of their enemies , and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon . 6 'And you, Pashhur , 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 friends to whom you have falsely prophesied .' "
7 O Lord , You have deceived me and I was deceived ; You have overcome me and prevailed . I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me. 8 For each time I speak , I cry aloud ; I proclaim violence and destruction , Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted In reproach and derision all day long. 9 But if I say , "I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name ," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones ; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. 10 For I have heard the whispering of many , " Terror on every side ! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my trusted friends e , Watching for my fall , say: "Perhaps he will be deceived , so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him." 11 But the Lord is with me like a dread champion ; Therefore e my persecutors will stumble and not prevail . They will be utterly ashamed , because they have failed , With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten . 12 Yet, O Lord of hosts , You who test the righteous , Who see the mind and the heart ; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have set forth my cause . 13 Sing to the Lord , praise the Lord ! For He has delivered the soul of the needy one From the hand of evildoers .
14 Cursed be the day 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 baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy . 16 But let that man be like the cities Which the Lord overthrew without relenting , And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon ; 17 Because he did not kill me 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 look on trouble and sorrow , So that my days have been spent in shame ?
