Now Pashhur,{H6583} the son{H1121} of Immer{H564} the priest,{H3548} who was chief{H6496} officer{H5057} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} heard{H8085} Jeremiah{H3414} prophesying{H5012} these things.{H1697}

Then Pashhur{H6583} smote{H5221} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet,{H5030} and put{H5414} him in the stocks{H4115} that were in the upper{H5945} gate{H8179} of Benjamin,{H1144} which was in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that Pashhur{H6583} brought forth{H3318} Jeremiah{H3414} out of the stocks.{H4115} Then said{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto him, Jehovah{H3068} hath not called{H7121} thy name{H8034} Pashhur,{H6583} but Magor-missabib.{H4036}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will make{H5414} thee a terror{H4032} to thyself, and to all thy friends;{H157} and they shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} of their enemies,{H341} and thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} it; and I will give{H5414} all Judah{H3063} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall carry them captive{H1540} to Babylon,{H894} and shall slay{H5221} them with the sword.{H2719}

Moreover I will give{H5414} all the riches{H2633} of this city,{H5892} and all the gains{H3018} thereof, and all the precious things{H3366} thereof, yea, all the treasures{H214} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} will I give{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of their enemies;{H341} and they shall make them a prey,{H962} and take{H3947} them, and carry{H935} them to Babylon.{H894}

And thou, Pashhur,{H6583} and all that dwell{H3427} in thy house{H1004} shall go{H3212} into captivity;{H7628} and thou shalt come{H935} to Babylon,{H894} and there thou shalt die,{H4191} and there shalt thou be buried,{H6912} thou, and all thy friends,{H157} to whom thou hast prophesied{H5012} falsely.{H8267}

O Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast persuaded{H6601} me, and I was persuaded;{H6601} thou art stronger{H2388} than I, and hast prevailed:{H3201} I am become a laughing-stock{H7814} all the day,{H3117} every one mocketh{H3932} me.

For as often{H1767} as I speak,{H1696} I cry{H7121} out;{H2199} I cry,{H7121} Violence{H2555} and destruction! because the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} is made a reproach{H2781} unto me, and a derision,{H7047} all the day.{H3117}

And if I say,{H559} I will not make mention{H2142} of him, nor speak{H1696} any more in his name,{H8034} then there is in my heart{H3820} as it were a burning{H1197} fire{H784} shut up{H6113} in my bones,{H6106} and I am weary{H3811} with forbearing,{H3557} and I cannot{H3201} [contain].

For I have heard{H8085} the defaming{H1681} of many,{H7227} terror{H4032} on every side.{H5439} Denounce,{H5046} and we will denounce{H5046} him, [say] all my familiar{H582} friends, they that watch{H8104} for my fall;{H6763} peradventure he will be persuaded,{H6601} and we shall prevail{H3201} against him, and we shall take{H3947} our revenge{H5360} on him.

But Jehovah{H3068} is with me as a mighty{H1368} one{H6184} [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors{H7291} shall stumble,{H3782} and they shall not prevail;{H3201} they shall be utterly{H3966} put to shame,{H954} because they have not dealt wisely,{H7919} even with an everlasting{H5769} dishonor{H3639} which shall never be forgotten.{H7911}

But, O Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} that triest{H974} the righteous,{H6662} that seest{H7200} the heart{H3629} and the mind,{H3820} let me see{H7200} thy vengeance{H5360} on them; for unto thee have I revealed{H1540} my cause.{H7379}

Sing{H7891} unto Jehovah,{H3068} praise{H1984} ye Jehovah;{H3068} for he hath delivered{H5337} the soul{H5315} of the needy{H34} from the hand{H3027} of evil-doers.{H7489}

Cursed{H779} be the day{H3117} wherein I was born:{H3205} let not the day{H3117} wherein my mother{H517} bare{H3205} me be blessed.{H1288}

Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} who brought tidings{H1319} to my father,{H1} saying,{H559} A{H2145} man-child{H1121} is born{H3205} unto thee; making him very{H8055} glad.{H8055}

And let that man{H376} be as the cities{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} overthrew,{H2015} and repented{H5162} not: and let him hear{H8085} a cry{H2201} in the morning,{H1242} and shouting{H8643} at noontime;{H6256}

because he slew{H4191} me not from the womb;{H7358} and so my mother{H517} would have been my grave,{H6913} and her womb{H7358} always{H5769} great.{H2030}

Wherefore came I forth{H3318} out of the womb{H7358} to see{H7200} labor{H5999} and sorrow,{H3015} that my days{H3117} should be consumed{H3615} with shame?{H1322}