Jeremiah 20
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Jeremiah 20:3-10

3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.1 4For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword. 5I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived.You have overcome me and prevailed.I am a laughingstock all day long;everyone mocks me.8For whenever I speak, I cry out;I proclaim violence and destruction.For the word of the LORD has become to mea reproach and derision all day long.
9If I say, “I will not mention Himor speak any more in His name,”His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,shut up in my bones,and I become weary of holding it in,and I cannot prevail.10For I have heard the whispering of many:“Terror is on every side!Report him; let us report him!”All my trusted friendswatch for my fall:“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we may prevail against himand take our vengeance upon him.”
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  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:3 Magor-missabib means terror on every side or the man who lives in terror. ↩

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