1Pashhur the priest,20:1 1Ch 9:12; Jr 21:1; 38:1 the son of Immer20:1 1Ch 24:14; Ezr 2:37–38 and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

2So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks20:2 Jb 13:27; Jr 29:26; Ac 16:24 at the Upper Benjamin Gate20:2 Jr 37:13; 38:7; Zch 14:10 in the Lord’s temple.

3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Terror Is on Every Side,20:3 = Magor-missabib

4for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love.20:4 Jr 6:25; 20:10; 46:5 They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes.20:4 2Sm 12:11; Is 1:7; Jr 16:9; 29:21; 39:16; 51:24 I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

5I will give away all the wealth20:5 Pr 15:6 of this city, all its products20:5 Dt 28:33; Ezk 23:29 and valuables. Indeed, I will hand all the treasures of the kings of Judah over to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.20:5 2Kg 20:17; 21:14; Lm 2:7

6As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon.20:6 Jr 34:3; Mc 4:10 There you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you prophesied lies.’”20:6 Jr 5:31; 14:13–14; 23:25–26,32; 27:10,14–16; 29:9,21,31