1Now Pashur, the son of Immer, the priest, who was also chief overseer in the house of Jehovah, 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 Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were at the high gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

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

3And on the next day Pashur took Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Jehovah calleth thee, not Pashur, but Magor-missabib [not Safety on every side, but Terror on every side].

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

4For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am about to make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, thine eyes looking on; and all Judah will I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, who shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.

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

5And I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its possessions, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give, into the hand of their enemies, and they shall spoil them, 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

6And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house, shall go into captivity; thou shalt go to Babylon, and there shalt thou die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

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

7Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I was persuaded; Thou wast stronger than I, and didst prevail. But I am in derision daily, Every one mocketh me.

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

8For whenever I speak, I cry out on account of violence, And complain of oppression; For the word of Jehovah bringeth upon me reproach, And daily derision.

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

9So I say, I will no more make mention of him, Nor speak any more in his name; But his word is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones, And I am weary with forbearing, And I cannot refrain.

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

10For I hear the slander of many, terror on every side; "Tell us something against him, and we will denounce him." All my familiar friends, they who leave not my side, [say,] "Perhaps he will be enticed, So that we may prevail against him, And 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 Jehovah is on my side, like a mighty champion, Therefore shall my persecutors stumble, and not prevail; They shall be covered with shame, because they act not wisely,—With everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.

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

12O Jehovah of hosts, thou that provest the righteous, That seest the reins and the heart, Let me see thy vengeance on them, For to thee have I laid open my cause!

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

13Sing to Jehovah! Praise ye Jehovah! For he delivereth the oppressed From the hand of evil-doers.

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

14Cursed be the day on which I was born; Let not the day on 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 be the man who brought the tidings to my father, Saying, "A son is born to thee," 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 like the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and relented not; Let him hear an outcry in the morning, And an alarm at noontide;

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

17Because he slew me not before I saw the light, So that my mother might have been my grave, And her womb have been great with me forever!

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

18Wherefore came I forth from the womb, to see weariness and sorrow, And that my days might be consumed in shame?

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