1. Now the priest Pashhur, son of Immer, chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
2. So he struck the prophet and put him in the stocks at the upper Gate of Benjamin in the house of the Lord.
3. The next morning, after Pashhur had released Jeremiah from the stocks, the prophet said to him: “Instead of Pashhur, the Lord names you ‘Terror on every side.’
4. For thus says the Lord: Indeed, I will hand you over to terror, you and all your friends. Your own eyes shall see them fall by the sword of their enemies. All Judah I will hand over to the power of the king of Babylon, who shall take them captive to Babylon or strike them down with the sword.
5. All the wealth of this city, all its resources and its valuables, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, I will hand over to their enemies, who will plunder it and carry it away to Babylon.
6. You, Pashhur, and all the members of your household shall go into exile. To Babylon you shall go; there you shall die and be buried, you and all your friends, because you have prophesied lies to them.”
7. You seduced me, Lord, and I let myself be seduced;you were too strong for me, and you prevailed.All day long I am an object of laughter;everyone mocks me.