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| 1 And Pashhur son of Immer the priest who also [is] overseer, leader in the house of Jehovah heareth Jeremiah prophesying these things, |
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| 2 and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that [are] by the high gate of Benjamin, that [is] by the house of Jehovah. |
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| 3 and it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, 'Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but Magor-Missabib. |
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| 4 For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword. |
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| 5 And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon. |
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| 6 And thou, Pashhur, and all dwelling in thy house, Do go into captivity. and Babylon thou dost enter, And there thou diest, and there thou art buried, Thou and all loving thee, To whom thou hast prophesied falsely.' |
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| 7 Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me, |
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| 8 Because from the time I speak I cry out, 'Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day. |
Word of the LORD – Concerning Israel. R5489:1
A reproach – Despised and rejected. R5489:2
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| 9 And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able. |
Nor speak any more – He had become disheartened. R5489:2
If he had allowed his fears to overwhelm him and had withheld God's message, he would have been set aside and another commissioned to deliver the message. So it is with us today. R5489:3
His word – Telling them that they had failed to keep their covenant with the Lord and would surely be carried away into captivity. R5489:2
Our message is the overthrow of the kingdom of darkness and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. R5489:5
In mine heart – God has let us into the secret of his counsels. R5489:3
As a burning fire – Burning zeal in his heart, a consuming sense of the importance of the message given him to deliver. R5489:1
All of the Lord's people filled with his spirit must be engaged in the harvest work in some manner. R2490:5
Shut up – If kept shut off from a draft the fire will become extinguished. "Quench not the spirit." (1 Thess. 5:19) R5489:3
I could not stay – His message had to be spoken; he overcame the temptation to hold his peace. R5489:2
He could not quench the fire within his soul, withholding God's message, without losing his relationship to Jehovah. R5489:3
We might let the holy Spirit of God die out in our hearts by a failure to do our duty. R5489:3
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| 10 For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear [is] round about: 'Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching [for] my halting, 'Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.' |
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| 11 And Jehovah [is] with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten. |
Greatly ashamed – The only standard of judgment in public sentiment in the Millennium will be character. R1655:2
Everlasting confusion – "Some shall awake to everlasting contempt." (Dan. 12:2) R1655:1
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| 12 And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause. |
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| 13 Sing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers. |
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| 14 Cursed [is] the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed! |
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| 15 Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child a male,' Making him very glad! |
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| 16 Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon. |
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| 17 Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during. |
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| 18 Why [is] this from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days! |
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