Jeremiah 20:1–6

Jeremiah Beaten by Pashhur

20Pashhur the priest, ^hthe son of Immer ⁱand chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. ²So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks ^jat the Upper Benjamin Gate ^kin 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 Magor-missabib, ^l4for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. ^mThey will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. ⁿI 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 ^oof this city, all its products ^pand 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. ^q6As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon. ^rThere you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends that you prophesied falsely ^sto.’ ”