Jeremiah 20
1. Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard * that Jeremiah prophesied * these things.
2. Then Pashur smote * Jeremiah the prophet, and put * him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin,which was by the house of the LORD.
3. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth * Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said * Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called * thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
4. For thus saith * the LORD, Behold, I will 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 behold * 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 slay * them with the sword.
5. Moreover I will deliver * all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give * into the hand of their enemies * , which shall spoil * them, and take * them, and carry * them to Babylon.
6. And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell * in thine house shall go * into captivity: and thou shalt come * to Babylon, and there thou shalt die * , and shalt be buried * there, thou, and all thy friends * , to whom thou hast prophesied * lies.
7. O LORD, thou hast deceived * me, and I was deceived * : thou art stronger * than I, and hast prevailed * : I am in derision daily, every one mocketh * me.
8. For since I spake * , I cried out * , I cried * violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
9. Then I said * , I will not make mention * of him, nor speak * any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning * fire shut up * in my bones, and I was weary * with forbearing * , and I could * not stay.
10. For I heard * the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report * , say they, and we will report * it. All my familiars watched * for my halting * , saying, Peradventure he will be enticed * , and we shall prevail * against him, and we shall take * our revenge on him.
11. But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors * shall stumble * , and they shall not prevail * : they shall be greatly ashamed * ; for they shall not prosper * : their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten * .
12. But, O LORD of hosts, that triest * the righteous, and seest * the reins and the heart, let me see * thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened * my cause.
13. Sing * unto the LORD, praise * ye the LORD: for he hath delivered * the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers * .
14. Cursed * be the day wherein I was born * : let not the day wherein my mother bare * me be blessed * .
15. Cursed * be the man who brought tidings * to my father, saying * , A man child is born * unto thee; making him very * glad * .
16. And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew * , and repented * not: and let him hear * the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide ;
17. Because he slew * me not from the womb;or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18. Wherefore came I forth * out of the womb to see * labour and sorrow,that my days should be consumed * with shame?
