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And you Pashhur, along with your entire household, will be taken to Babylon and become exiles. You and your friends who have heard your lies will never see home again; you will all die in exile in Babylon and be buried there.”

    O Eternal, You deceived me into being Your prophet,
        and I went along and allowed it to happen!
    Your strength is too much for me,
        and so You win; I speak Your words.
    Just look at what I have become: a laughingstock;
        all day long people mock me.
    The only words coming out of my mouth
        are loud cries of “Violence and destruction!”
    It is the Eternal’s words—Your words
        that bring me insults and jokes all day long.

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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(A) lies.’”

Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](B) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(C) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(D) all day long;
    everyone mocks(E) me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(F)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(G) all day long.

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Footnotes

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