23 But You, Lord, know
All their [a]deadly schemes against me;
(A)Do not [b]forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [c](B)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (C)time of Your anger!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
  2. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit cover over, atone for
  3. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble

23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(A) me.
Do not forgive(B) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(C)

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Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

20 When Pashhur the priest, the son of (A)Immer, who was (B)chief overseer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet (C)beaten and put him in the (D)stocks that were at the upper (E)Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord. Then on the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has (F)called you, but rather [a](G)Magor-missabib.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:3 I.e., horror on every side

Jeremiah and Pashhur

20 When the priest Pashhur son of Immer,(A) the official(B) in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten(C) and put in the stocks(D) at the Upper Gate of Benjamin(E) at the Lord’s temple. The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name(F) for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.(G)

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Jeremiah Is Spared

16 Then the officials and all the people (A)said to the priests and the prophets, “No (B)death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

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16 Then the officials(A) and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death!(B) He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

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35 And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

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35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(A)

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