5. I will also let their enemies plunder all the wealth of this city and seize all its possessions and property, even the treasures of the kings of Judah, and carry everything off to Babylonia.
6. As for you, Pashhur, you and all your family will also be captured and taken off to Babylonia. There you will die and be buried, along with all your friends to whom you have told so many lies.’ ”
7. Lord, you have deceived me,and I was deceived.You are stronger than I am,and you have overpowered me.Everyone jeers at me;they mock me all day long.
8. Whenever I speak, I have to cry outand shout, “Violence! Destruction!” Lord, I am ridiculed and scorned all the timebecause I proclaim your message.
9. But when I say, “I will forget the Lordand no longer speak in his name,”then your message is like a fireburning deep within me.I try my best to hold it in,but can no longer keep it back.
10. I hear everybody whispering,“Terror is everywhere!So let's report him to the authorities!”Even my close friends wait for my downfall.“Perhaps he can be tricked,” they say;“then we can catch him and get revenge.”
11. But you, Lord, are on my side, strong and mighty,and those who persecute me will fail.They will be disgraced for ever,because they cannot succeed.Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
12. But, Almighty Lord, you test people justly;you know what is in their hearts and minds.So let me see you take revenge on my enemies,for I have placed my cause in your hands.
13. Sing to the Lord!Praise the Lord!He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.
14. Curse the day I was born!Forget the day my mother gave me birth!