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World English Bible

Jeremiah 20 (WEBP)

[1] Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
[2] Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.
[3] On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
[4] For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.
[5] Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies. They will make them captives, take them, and carry them to Babylon.
[6] You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity. You will come to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.’”
[7] Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.
[8] For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.
[9] If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.
[10] For 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 will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”
[11] But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.
[12] But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me 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 the needy from the hand of evildoers.
[14] Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
[15] Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
[16] Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,
[17] because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
[18] Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jeremiah 20:3 “Magormissabib” means “surrounded by terror”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 20 (KJVS)

[1] Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
[2] Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
[3] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
[4] For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
[5] Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
[6] And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
[7] O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
[8] For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
[9] Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
[10] For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
[11] But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
[12] But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
[13] Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
[14] Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
[15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
[16] And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
[17] because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
[18] Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jeremiah 20:3 That is, fear round about
Jeremiah 20:7 Or, enticed
Jeremiah 20:10 Heb. every man of my peace

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 20 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Πασχωρ υἱὸς () Εμμηρ ὁ () ἱερεύς, () καὶ () οὗτος () ἦν () καθεσταμένος () ἡγούμενος () οἴκου () κυρίου, () τοῦ () Ιερεμιου () προφητεύοντος () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐνέβαλεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὸν () καταρράκτην, ὃς () ἦν () ἐν () πύλῃ () οἴκου () ἀποτεταγμένου () τοῦ () ὑπερῴου, () ὃς () ἦν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐξήγαγεν () Πασχωρ τὸν () Ιερεμιαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () καταρράκτου, καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ιερεμιας () Οὐχὶ () Πασχωρ ἐκάλεσεν () κύριος () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () Μέτοικον·
[4] διότι () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () δίδωμί () σε () εἰς () μετοικίαν σὺν () πᾶσι () τοῖς () φίλοις () σου, () καὶ () πεσοῦνται () ἐν () μαχαίρᾳ () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () ὄψονται, () καὶ () σὲ () καὶ () πάντα () Ιουδαν () δώσω () εἰς () χεῖρας () βασιλέως () Βαβυλῶνος, () καὶ () μετοικιοῦσιν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () κατακόψουσιν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () μαχαίραις· ()
[5] καὶ () δώσω () τὴν () πᾶσαν () ἰσχὺν () τῆς () πόλεως () ταύτης () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () πόνους () αὐτῆς () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () θησαυροὺς () τοῦ () βασιλέως () Ιουδα εἰς () χεῖρας () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἄξουσιν () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () Βαβυλῶνα. ()
[6] Καὶ () σὺ () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () σου () πορεύσεσθε () ἐν () αἰχμαλωσίᾳ, () καὶ () ἐν () Βαβυλῶνι () ἀποθανῇ () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ταφήσῃ, () σὺ () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () φίλοι () σου, () οἷς () ἐπροφήτευσας () αὐτοῖς () ψευδῆ. ()
[7] Ἠπάτησάς () με, () κύριε, () καὶ () ἠπατήθην, () ἐκράτησας () καὶ () ἠδυνάσθης· () ἐγενόμην () εἰς () γέλωτα, () πᾶσαν () ἡμέραν () διετέλεσα () μυκτηριζόμενος· ()
[8] ὅτι () πικρῷ () λόγῳ () μου () γελάσομαι, () ἀθεσίαν καὶ () ταλαιπωρίαν () ἐπικαλέσομαι, () ὅτι () ἐγενήθη () λόγος () κυρίου () εἰς () ὀνειδισμὸν () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () εἰς () χλευασμὸν πᾶσαν () ἡμέραν () μου. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπα () Οὐ () μὴ () ὀνομάσω () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () λαλήσω () ἔτι () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () πῦρ () καιόμενον () φλέγον ἐν () τοῖς () ὀστέοις () μου, () καὶ () παρεῖμαι () πάντοθεν () καὶ () οὐ () δύναμαι () φέρειν. ()
[10] Ὅτι () ἤκουσα () ψόγον πολλῶν () συναθροιζομένων () κυκλόθεν () Ἐπισύστητε καὶ () ἐπισυστῶμεν αὐτῷ, () πάντες () ἄνδρες () φίλοι () αὐτοῦ· () τηρήσατε () τὴν () ἐπίνοιαν () αὐτοῦ, () εἰ () ἀπατηθήσεται () καὶ () δυνησόμεθα () αὐτῷ () καὶ () λημψόμεθα () τὴν () ἐκδίκησιν () ἡμῶν () ἐξ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Καὶ () κύριος () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () καθὼς () μαχητὴς ἰσχύων· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐδίωξαν () καὶ () νοῆσαι () οὐκ () ἠδύναντο· () ᾐσχύνθησαν () σφόδρα, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐνόησαν () ἀτιμίας () αὐτῶν, () αἳ () δι’ () αἰῶνος () οὐκ () ἐπιλησθήσονται. ()
[12] Κύριε () δοκιμάζων () δίκαια () συνίων () νεφροὺς () καὶ () καρδίας, () ἴδοιμι () τὴν () παρὰ () σοῦ () ἐκδίκησιν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς, () ὅτι () πρὸς () σὲ () ἀπεκάλυψα () τὰ () ἀπολογήματά μου. ()—
[13] ᾄσατε () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () αἰνέσατε () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () ἐξείλατο () ψυχὴν () πένητος () ἐκ () χειρὸς () πονηρευομένων.—
[14] ἐπικατάρατος () ἡ () ἡμέρα, () ἐν () ᾗ () ἐτέχθην () ἐν () αὐτῇ· () ἡ () ἡμέρα, () ἐν () ᾗ () ἔτεκέν () με () ἡ () μήτηρ () μου, () μὴ () ἔστω () ἐπευκτή.
[15] Ἐπικατάρατος () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () εὐαγγελισάμενος () τῷ () πατρί () μου () λέγων () Ἐτέχθη () σοι () ἄρσεν, () εὐφραινόμενος. ()
[16] Ἔστω () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐκεῖνος () ὡς () αἱ () πόλεις, () ἃς () κατέστρεψεν () κύριος () ἐν () θυμῷ () καὶ () οὐ () μετεμελήθη, () ἀκουσάτω () κραυγῆς () τὸ () πρωῒ () καὶ () ἀλαλαγμοῦ μεσημβρίας, ()
[17] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀπέκτεινέν () με () ἐν () μήτρᾳ () μητρὸς () καὶ () ἐγένετό () μοι () ἡ () μήτηρ () μου () τάφος () μου () καὶ () ἡ () μήτρα () συλλήμψεως αἰωνίας. ()
[18] Ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () ἐξῆλθον () ἐκ () μήτρας () τοῦ () βλέπειν () κόπους () καὶ () πόνους, () καὶ () διετέλεσαν () ἐν () αἰσχύνῃ () αἱ () ἡμέραι () μου; ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.