V. 1. NOW, PASHUR, THE SON OF IMMER, THE PRIEST, WHO WAS ALSO CHIEF GOVERNOR IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the highest commander of the Temple-watch, who was superior even to the captains of the individual orders in charge of the Temple in the course of their service, HEARD THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIED THES... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Pashur, by virtue of the police- and judicial power vested in him, which he believed he must exercise in this instance, SMOTE JEREMIAH, THE PROPHET, whose office is here purposely mentioned, AND PUT HIM IN THE STOCKS, a five-holed instrument of torture in which the neck, the two hands, and the... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass on the morrow, after Jeremiah had been kept in this crooked posture over night and suffered all its tortures, THAT PASHUR BROUGHT FORTH JEREMIAH OUT OF THE STOCKS. THEN SAID JEREMIAH UNTO HIM, THE LORD HATH NOT CALLED THY NAME PASHUR, which has been interpreted by linguists as me... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, so that his evil conscience and the fear of God's wrath would leave him no rest, AND TO ALL THY FRIENDS, who would be dismayed upon discovering the extent to which they had been duped; AND THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD OF THEIR EN... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city, the total resources of the capital city, AND ALL THE LABORS THEREOF, what they had gained in the course of time, the uncounted material wealth, AND ALL THE PRECIOUS THINGS THEREOF, whatever treasures had been heaped up there in the course of ti... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house, all the members of his family following him in his wickedness, SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY; AND THOU SHALT COME TO BABYLON, AND THERE, far from the land of his fathers, THOU SHALT DIE AND SHALT BE BURIED THERE, THOU AND ALL THY FRIENDS TO WHOM THOU HA... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, thus Jeremiah now addresses the Lord in bringing his complaint over his persecutions to His attention. THOU HAST DECEIVED ME, rather persuaded, enticed me, AND I WAS DECEIVED, he had yielded to the Lord in accepting the office of prophet; THOU ART STRONGER THAN I AND HAST PREVAILED, His Spir... [ Continue Reading ]
The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow... [ Continue Reading ]
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil, or, "For as often as I speak, I must call out, I must cry, I am compelled to cry, concerning violence and desolation," he was obliged to raise his voice in complaint, BECAUSE THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS MADE A REPROACH UNTO ME AND A DERISION D... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I said, or, "If I said," I WILL NOT MAKE MENTION OF HIM, NOR SPEAK ANY MORE IN HIS NAME, in trying to escape the unpleasant experiences which attached to his fearless testifying, BUT HIS WORD WAS IN MINE HEART AS A BURNING FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES, which, without an outlet, would surely consume... [ Continue Reading ]
For I heard the defaming of many, as they talked about him and his office in a derogatory manner: FEAR ON EVERY SIDE, or, "Terror round about!" an attempt to deride the prophecy against Pashur. REPORT, SAY THEY, AND WE WILL REPORT IT, that is, they want people to bring any sort of accusation against... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one, as a mighty hero to defend him; THEREFORE MY PERSECUTORS SHALL STUMBLE, come to grief in the very way in which they hoped to see the prophet humbled, AND THEY SHALL NOT PREVAIL, as they had hoped to; THEY SHALL BE GREATLY ASHAMED, FOR THEY SHALL NOT... [ Continue Reading ]
But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, not judging superficially or hastily after the manner of men, AND SEEST THE REINS AND THE HEART, acquainted with the innermost thoughts and desires of men, LET ME SEE THY VENGEANCE ON THEM, for, after all, it was the Lord's matter to take up; FOR UNTO... [ Continue Reading ]
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord, this being the attitude of the heart trusting in His promises, FOR HE HATH DELIVERED THE SOUL OF THE POOR, of the lowly and unfortunate, FROM THE HAND OF EVIL-DOERS, the believer thus possessing the gifts of the future by faith. But since Jeremiah, for the pre... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed, since life had not brought him blessings, but only afflictions and misery.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee, making him very glad, for the birth of a boy was a very happy event. And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew and repented not, that is, which He destroyed without mercy; AND LET HIM HEAR TH... [ Continue Reading ]
because he, the person who brought the news, SLEW ME NOT FROM THE WOMB, OR THAT MY MOTHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY GRAVE AND HER WOMB TO BE ALWAYS GREAT WITH ME, so that the prophet would never have seen the light of day.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, to experience nothing but misery, THAT MY DAYS SHOULD BE CONSUMED WITH SHAME? This cry is wrung from his lips because his office was apparently without success, because his prophetical laboring was in vain, since he was unable to save h... [ Continue Reading ]