Jeremiah 20:1–6

JEREMIAH BEATEN BY PASHHUR

20Pashhur the priest,ⁱ the son of Immer^j and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. ²So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks^k at the Upper Benjamin Gate^l in the Lord’s temple. ³The 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,^{B 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. ⁵I will give away all the wealth^o of this city, all its products^p 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 prophesied^s lies.’ ”