1 When the priest Pashhur, Immer’s son, the officer in charge of the Lord’s temple, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words,
2 he beat the prophet and detained him in confinement at the upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.
3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from confinement, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord has changed your name from Pashhur to Panic Lurks Everywhere.
4 The Lord proclaims: I’m going to strike panic into your heart and into the hearts of your friends. You will watch as they fall in battle to their enemies. I will hand over all Judah to the king of Babylon, who will exile some to Babylon and slaughter others.