3 The next day when Pashhur took Jeremiah out of prison, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord doesn’t call you Pashhur, but he calls you Terror Everywhere.
4 This is what the Lord says: I’m going to make you terrify yourself and all your friends. Their enemies’ swords will kill them, and you will see it with your own eyes. I will hand all of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take the people away as captives to Babylon or kill them with swords.
5 I will hand all the riches of this city over to their enemies. This will include all its produce, all its valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will loot them, take them away, and bring them to Babylon.
6 And you, Pashhur, and all those who live in your house will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and you will die there. You will be buried there together with all your friends to whom you prophesied these lies.”
7 O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived.You overpowered me and won.I’ve been made fun of all day long.Everyone mocks me.
8 Each time I speak, I have to cry out and shout,“Violence and destruction!”The word of the Lord has made me the object of insultsand contempt all day long.
9 I think to myself, “I can forget the Lordand no longer speak his name.”But ⌊his word⌋ is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones.I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.