Jeremiah 20:1–6

Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

20Now ^jPashhur the priest, the son of ^kImmer, who was ^lchief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. ²Then ^jPashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him ^min the stocks that were in the upper ⁿBenjamin Gate of the house of the Lord. ³The next day, when ^jPashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name ^jPashhur, but Terror on Every Side. ⁴For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you ^oa terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall strike them down with the sword. ⁵Moreover, ^pI will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its ^qprized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon. ⁶And you, ^rPashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. To Babylon you shall go, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, ^sto whom you have prophesied falsely.”