1 Now the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief of police in the Temple of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah making this prophecy.
2 Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and then put him in the stocks, in the Upper Benjamin Gate leading into the Temple of Yahweh.
3 Next day, Pashhur had Jeremiah taken out of the stocks; Jeremiah then said to him, 'Not Pashhur but Terror-on-every-Side is Yahweh's name for you.
4 For Yahweh says this, "I am going to hand you over to terror, you and all your friends; they will fall by the sword of their enemies, your own eyes will see it. The whole of Judah, too, I shall hand over to the king of Babylon; he will carry them off captive to Babylon and put them to the sword.
5 And all the wealth of this city, all its stores, all its valuables, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, I shall hand over to their enemies who will plunder them, round them up and carry them off to Babylon.
6 As for you, Pashhur, and your whole household, you will go into captivity; you will go to Babylon; there you will die, and there be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies." '
7 You have seduced me, Yahweh, and I have let myself be seduced; you have overpowered me: you were the stronger. I am a laughing-stock all day long, they all make fun of me.
8 For whenever I speak, I have to howl and proclaim, 'Violence and ruin!' For me, Yahweh's word has been the cause of insult and derision all day long.
9 I would say to myself, 'I will not think about him, I will not speak in his name any more,' but then there seemed to be a fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones. The effort to restrain it wearied me, I could not do it.
10 I heard so many disparaging me, 'Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!' All those who were on good terms with me watched for my downfall, 'Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we shall get the better of him and take our revenge!'
11 But Yahweh is at my side like a mighty hero; my opponents will stumble, vanquished, confounded by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs.
12 Yahweh Sabaoth, you who test the upright, observer of motives and thoughts, I shall see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.
13 Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of one in need from the clutches of evil doers.
14 A curse on the day when I was born! May the day my mother bore me be unblessed!
15 A curse on the man who brought my father the news, 'A son, a boy has been born to you!' making him overjoyed.
16 May this man be like the towns that Yahweh overthrew without mercy; may he hear the warning-cry at dawn and the shout of battle at high noon,
17 for not killing me in the womb; my mother would have been my grave and her womb pregnant for ever.
18 Why ever did I come out of the womb to see toil and sorrow and end my days in shame?
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 20:
Jeremiah 20 reports the suffering and anguish of the prophet Jeremiah, who is persecuted and ridiculed by speaking the word of the Lord. He is deceived by God and would wish to have not been born. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Jeremiah 20:
Psalm 31:13: "For I heard the slander of many; terror everywhere! They gathered and conspired against me, planning to take my life." Like Jeremiah, the psalmist is surrounded by enemies who plot against him.
Matthew 5:11-12: "Blessed are you, when they disbumed and persecuted and, lying, say all evil against you, for my cause. they persecuted to the prophets who were before you. " Jesus talks about the persecution that his followers will suffer, remembering that the prophets were also persecuted for telling the truth.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9: "In everything we are troubled but not distressed; perplexed but not desperate; persecuted but not helpless; slaughtered but not destroyed." Paul talks about the difficulties faced by the servants of God, but also about the presence of the Lord in the midst of them.
Romans 8:38-39: "For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, principalists, nor future things, nor potestes, height, nor depth, nor any other creature It can separate us from the love of God, who is in Christ Jesus our Lord. " This verse emphasizes God's faithfulness to his servants, even in the midst of persecution and suffering.
James 5:10-11: "My brothers, take, for example, of distress and patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we have blessed those who suffered. The Lord has given him; for the Lord is very merciful and godly. " James encourages believers to follow the example of the prophets and to maintain patience in the midst of difficulties, remembering that God is merciful and just.
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