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Now Pashur[H6583] the son[H1121] of Immer[H564] the priest[H3548], who was also chief[H6496]governor[H5057] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], heard[H8085] that Jeremiah[H3414]prophesied[H5012] these things[H1697].
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Then Pashur[H6583]smote[H5221]Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], and put[H5414] him in the stocks[H4115] that were in the high[H5945]gate[H8179] of Benjamin[H1144], which was by the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that Pashur[H6583] brought forth[H3318]Jeremiah[H3414] out of the stocks[H4115]. Then said[H559]Jeremiah[H3414] unto him, The LORD[H3068] hath not called[H7121] thy name[H8034]Pashur[H6583], but Magormissabib[H4036].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold[H7200], 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] into Babylon[H894], and shall slay[H5221] them with the sword[H2719].
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Moreover I will deliver[H5414] all the strength[H2633] of this city[H5892], and all the labours[H3018] thereof, and all the precious things[H3366] thereof, and all the treasures[H214] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] will I give[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341], which shall spoil[H962] them, and take[H3947] them, and carry[H935] them to Babylon[H894].
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And thou, Pashur[H6583], and all that dwell[H3427] in thine house[H1004] shall go[H3212] into captivity[H7628]: and thou shalt come[H935] to Babylon[H894], and there thou shalt die[H4191], and shalt be buried[H6912] there, thou, and all thy friends[H157], to whom thou hast prophesied[H5012]lies[H8267].
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O LORD[H3068], thou hast deceived[H6601] me, and I was deceived[H6601]: thou art stronger[H2388] than I, and hast prevailed[H3201]: I am in derision[H7814]daily[H3117], every one mocketh[H3932] me.
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For since[H1767] I spake[H1696], I cried[H7121]out[H2199], I cried[H7121]violence[H2555] and spoil[H7701]; because the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] was made a reproach[H2781] unto me, and a derision[H7047], daily[H3117].
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Then I said[H559], I will not make mention[H2142] of him, nor speak[H1696] any more in his name[H8034]. But his word was in mine heart[H3820] as a burning[H1197]fire[H784] shut up[H6113] in my bones[H6106], and I was weary[H3811] with forbearing[H3557], and I could[H3201] not stay.
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For I heard[H8085] the defaming[H1681] of many[H7227], fear[H4032] on every side[H5439]. Report[H5046], say they, and we will report[H5046] it. All my familiars[H582]watched[H8104] for my halting[H6763], saying, Peradventure he will be enticed[H6601], and we shall prevail[H3201] against him, and we shall take[H3947] our revenge[H5360] on him.
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But the LORD[H3068] is with me as a mighty[H1368] terrible one[H6184]: therefore my persecutors[H7291] shall stumble[H3782], and they shall not prevail[H3201]: they shall be greatly[H3966]ashamed[H954]; for they shall not prosper[H7919]: their everlasting[H5769]confusion[H3639] shall never be forgotten[H7911].
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But, O LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], that triest[H974] the righteous[H6662], and seest[H7200] the reins[H3629] and the heart[H3820], let me see[H7200] thy vengeance[H5360] on them: for unto thee have I opened[H1540] my cause[H7379].
13Sing[H7891] unto the LORD[H3068], praise[H1984] ye the LORD[H3068]: for he hath delivered[H5337] the soul[H5315] of the poor[H34] from the hand[H3027] of evildoers[H7489].
14Cursed[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].
15Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] who brought tidings[H1319] to my father[H1], saying[H559], A man[H2145]child[H1121] is born[H3205] unto thee; making him very[H8055]glad[H8055].
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And let that man[H376] be as the cities[H5892] which the LORD[H3068]overthrew[H2015], and repented[H5162] not: and let him hear[H8085] the cry[H2201] in the morning[H1242], and the shouting[H8643] at noontide[H6256];
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Because he slew[H4191] me not from the womb[H7358]; or that my mother[H517] might have been my grave[H6913], and her womb[H7358] to be always[H5769]great[H2030] with me.
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Wherefore came I forth[H3318] out of the womb[H7358] to see[H7200]labour[H5999] and sorrow[H3015], that my days[H3117] should be consumed[H3615] with shame?[H1322]