{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:22:37.278Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Then 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 Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For thus says Yahweh, 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Moreover 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"You, 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Yahweh, 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If 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]."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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 shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But Yahweh 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But, Yahweh of Armies, 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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Cursed is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 20 (WEB)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 20](https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/20 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}