JEREMIAH BEATEN BY PASHHUR

20 Pashhur the priest,i the son of Immerj and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocksk at the Upper Benjamin Gatel in the Lord’s temple. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Terror Is on Every Side,A 4 for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love.m They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes.n I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword. 5 I will give away all the wealtho of this city, all its productsp and valuables. Indeed, I will hand all the treasures of the kings of Judah over to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.q 6 As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon.r There you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you prophesieds lies.’ ”

JEREMIAH COMPELLED TO PREACH

7 You deceivedt me, Lord, and I was deceived.

You seized me and prevailed.

I am a laughingstock all the time;u

everyone ridicules me.