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They will also take you, Pashhur, and everybody who lives in your house. They will take you as prisoners to Babylon. You will die there and people will bury you there. The same thing will happen to all your friends. You spoke false messages to these people, as if they were messages from me.” ’

Jeremiah complains to the Lord

Lord, you forced me to become a prophet,
    and I let you do that.
You used your power to make me agree,
    and you won.
Now everybody laughs at me and they insult me.
When I speak your message, I have to say,
    ‘Terrible trouble is coming!’
When I shout that message from the Lord,
    people laugh at me.
    They insult me.

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