Jer 20
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Now Paschor the son of Emmer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the
house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words.
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And he smote him, and cast him into the Or, possibly stocks dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set
apart, which was by
the house of the Lord.
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And Paschor brought Jeremias out of the dungeon: and Jeremias said to him, The Lord
has not called your name Paschor, but Exile.
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For thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give you up to captivity with all your friends:
and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it: and
I will give you and all Juda into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they shall
carry them captives, and cut them in pieces with swords.
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And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labours of it, and all
the treasures of the king of Juda, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring
them to Babylon.
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And you and all the dwellers in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall
die in Babylon, and there you and all your friends shall be buried, to whom you have
prophesied lies.
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You have deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: you have been strong, and
have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock, I am continually mocked every day.
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For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for
the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.
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Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all
speak in his name. But it was a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly
weakened on all sides, and cannot bear up.
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For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, saying, Conspire you, and let
us Compare 2 Co 11:28 conspire together against him, even all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps
he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on
him.
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But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war: therefore they persecuted me, but
could not perceive anything against me; they were greatly confounded, for they perceived
not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten.
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O Lord, that provest just deeds, understanding the reins and hearts, let me see your
vengeance upon them: for to you I have revealed my Gr. defences cause.
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Sing you to the Lord, sing praise to him: for he has rescued the soul of the poor
from the hand of evil-doers.
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Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth,
let it not be blessed.
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Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child
is born to you.
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Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in anger, and repented
not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;
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because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb
Gr. of everlasting conception always great with me.
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Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days
are spent in shame?