Jeremiah · Brenton's English Septuagint
Jeremiah 20 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Now Paschor the son of Emmer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words.
1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
2 And he smote him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.
2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.
3 And Paschor brought Jeremias out of the dungeon: and Jeremias said to him, [The Lord] has not called thy name Paschor, but Exile.
3 On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [will] give thee up to captivity with all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall see [it]: and I will give thee and all Juda into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they shall carry them captives, and cut them in pieces with swords.
4 For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.
5 And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labours of it, and all the treasures of the king of Juda, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring them to Babylon.
5 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies. They will make them captives, take them, and carry them to Babylon.
6 And thou and all the dwellers in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt die in Babylon, and there thou and all thy friends shall be buried, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
6 You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity. You will come to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.’”
7 Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: thou hast been strong, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock, I am continually mocked every day.
7 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.
8 For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.
8 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.
9 Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was as burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear [up].
9 If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.
10 For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, [saying], Conspire ye, and let us conspire together against him, [even] all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.
10 For I have heard the defaming of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”
11 But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war: therefore they persecuted [me], but could not perceive [anything against me]; they were greatly confounded, for they perceived not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten.
11 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.
12 O Lord, that provest just [deeds], understanding the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance upon them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.
12 But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.
13 Sing ye to the Lord, sing praise to him: for he has rescued the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers.
13 Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed.
14 Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee.
15 Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
16 Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;
16 Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,
17 because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.
17 because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
18 Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?
18 Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezra 2:37–38; 1 Chronicles 24:14; 2 Kings 25:18; Nehemiah 7:40–41; Acts 5:24
- 2 Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 1:19; Zechariah 14:10; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 36:26
- 3 Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5; Lamentations 2:22; Psalm 31:13; Jeremiah 6:25
- 4 Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 32:27–31; Jeremiah 21:4–10; Jeremiah 39:6–7
- 5 Jeremiah 15:13; Ezekiel 22:25; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 20:17–18; Lamentations 1:10
- 6 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 20:4; Ezekiel 22:28; 2 Peter 2:1–3
- 7 Lamentations 3:14; Jeremiah 20:9; Psalm 22:6–7; Hosea 9:7; Ezekiel 3:14
- 8 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 5:15–17; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 28:8
- 9 Psalm 39:3; Job 32:18–20; Acts 4:20; 1 Corinthians 9:16–17; Acts 17:16
- 10 Psalm 41:9; Psalm 31:13; Isaiah 29:21; Jeremiah 18:18; Proverbs 10:18
- 11 Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 17:18; Isaiah 41:10
- 12 Jeremiah 11:20; Psalm 62:8; Psalm 54:7; Jeremiah 17:10; Psalm 59:10
- 13 Isaiah 25:4; Psalm 69:33; Psalm 35:9–11; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 34:6
- 14 Jeremiah 15:10; Job 3:3–16
- 15 Jeremiah 1:5; Luke 1:14; Genesis 21:5–6
- 16 Jeremiah 18:22; Jeremiah 48:3–4; Deuteronomy 29:23; Luke 17:29; Ezekiel 21:22
- 17 Job 10:18–19; Job 3:10–11; Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 6:3
- 18 Job 3:20; Job 14:1; Lamentations 3:1; 1 Peter 4:14–16; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13
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