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All the wealth of this city, all its resources and its valuables, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, I will hand over to their enemies, who will plunder it and carry it away to Babylon.(A) You, Pashhur, and all the members of your household shall go into exile. To Babylon you shall go; there you shall die and be buried, you and all your friends, because you have prophesied lies to them.”(B)

Jeremiah’s Interior Crisis

You seduced me,[a] Lord, and I let myself be seduced;
    you were too strong for me, and you prevailed.
All day long I am an object of laughter;
    everyone mocks me.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:7 You seduced me: Jeremiah accuses the Lord of having deceived him; cf. 15:18.

I will deliver all the wealth(A) of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away(B) as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied(C) lies.’”

Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](D) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(E) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(F) all day long;
    everyone mocks(G) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded