Book 24 : JEREMIAH - Chapter 020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered
the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers
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Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein
my mother bare me be blessed
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Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A
man child is born unto thee; making him very glad
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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
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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
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Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame
Book 24 : JEREMIAH - Chapter 020
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