Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 020
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Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was chief
officer in the house of HaShem, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things
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Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the
stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of HaShem
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought
forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him: 'The HaShem hath
not called thy name Pashhur, but Magormissabib
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For thus saith HaShem: 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 to Babylon, and shall
slay them with the sword
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Moreover I will give all the store of this city, and all
the gains thereof, and all the wealth thereof, yea, all the treasures of the
kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, who shall spoil them,
and take them, and carry them to Babylon
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And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go
into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and
there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast
prophesied falsely.
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O HaShem, Thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed, Thou
hast overcome me, and hast prevailed; I am become a laughing-stock all the day,
every one mocketh me
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For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: 'Violence and
spoil'; because the word of HaShem is made a reproach unto me, and a derision,
all the day
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And if I say: 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak
any more in His name', then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut
up in my bones, and I weary myself to hold it in, but cannot
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For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every
side: 'Denounce, and we will denounce him'; even of all my familiar friends,
them that watch for my halting: 'Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall
prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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But HaShem is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly
ashamed, because they have not prospered, even with an everlasting confusion
which shall never be forgotten
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But, O HaShem of hosts, that triest the righteous, that
seest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them; for unto Thee
have I revealed my cause
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Sing unto HaShem, praise ye HaShem; for He hath delivered
the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers
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Cursed be the day wherein I was born; the day wherein my
mother bore me, let it not 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 HaShem overthrew,
and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and an alarm at
noontide
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Because He slew me not from the womb; and so my mother
would have been my grave, and her womb always great
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Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame
Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 020
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