1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

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Ezra 2:37, Ezra 2:38, 1 Chronicles 24:14, Ezra 2:37, Ezra 2:38

2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.

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Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 37:13, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Zechariah 14:10, Jeremiah 1:19

3It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord has not called your name 'Pashhur,' but 'Magormissabib.'

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Jeremiah 20:10, Jeremiah 20:10, Jeremiah 46:5, Psalms 31:13, Lamentations 2:22

4For thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

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Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:21, Job 18:11, Job 18:21, Jeremiah 39:6

5Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

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Jeremiah 15:13, Ezekiel 22:25, Jeremiah 15:13, Ezekiel 22:25, 2 Kings 25:13

6You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.'"

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Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 14:15, Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 14:14

7Lord, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me.

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Hosea 9:7, Lamentations 3:14, Hosea 9:7, Lamentations 3:14, Jeremiah 20:9

8For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, "Violence and destruction!" because the word of the Lord is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.

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Jeremiah 6:10, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Jeremiah 6:10, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Hebrews 11:26

9If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it.

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Psalms 39:3, Psalms 39:3, Job 32:18, Job 32:20, Job 32:18

10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. "Denounce, and we will denounce him," say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; "perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."

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Psalms 41:9, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 31:13, Psalms 31:13, Isaiah 29:21

11But the Lord is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

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Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 15:20

12But, the Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.

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Jeremiah 11:20, Psalms 62:8, Jeremiah 11:20, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 54:7

13Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

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Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 25:4, Psalms 35:9, Psalms 35:11, Psalms 69:33

14Cursed is the day in which I was born: do not let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

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Jeremiah 15:10, Jeremiah 15:10, Job 3:3, Job 3:16, Job 3:3

15Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.

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Jeremiah 1:5, Genesis 21:5, Genesis 21:6, Luke 1:14, Jeremiah 1:5

16Let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and did not repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

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Jeremiah 18:22, Jeremiah 18:22, Jeremiah 48:3, Jeremiah 48:4, Deuteronomy 29:23

17because he did not kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

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Job 3:10, Job 3:11, Job 10:18, Job 10:19, Job 3:10

18Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Job 3:20, Job 3:20, Job 14:1, Lamentations 3:1, 1 Peter 4:14