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4 “Because they have forsaken Me and made
this an alien place, because they have burned
incense in it to other gods whom neither they,
their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have 20:2 struck Jeremiah. Pashur or others acting
known, and have filled this place with the blood on his authority delivered 40 lashes (see Deut.
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of the innocents (they have also built the high 25:3) to the prophet. put him in the stocks.
places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for Hands, feet, and neck were fastened in holes,
burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not com- bending the body to a distorted posture,caus-
mand or speak, nor did it come into My mind), ing excruciating pain.high gate. The northern
6 therefore behold, the days are coming,” says gate of the upper temple court.
the LORD, “that this place shall no more be
called Tophet or the Valley of the Son of
3 And it happened on the next day that
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Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. And I will
make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks.
in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the Then Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD has not
sword before their enemies and by the hands of called your name Pashhur, but Magor-
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those who seek their lives; their corpses I will Missabib. For thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I
give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for will make you a terror to yourself and to all
the beasts of the earth. I will make this city your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of
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desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by their enemies, and your eyes shall see it. I will
it will be astonished and hiss because of all its give all Judah into the hand of the king of
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plagues. And I will cause them to eat the flesh Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to
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of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, Babylon and slay them with the sword. More-
and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in over I will deliver all the wealth of this city, all
the siege and in the desperation with which its produce, and all its precious things; all the
their enemies and those who seek their lives treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into
shall drive them to despair.” ’ the hand of their enemies, who will plunder
10 “Then you shall break the flask in the sight them, seize them, and carry them to Babylon.
6 And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your
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of the men who go with you, and say to them,
‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Even so I will house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to
break this people and this city, as one breaks a Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried
potter’s vessel, which cannot be made whole there, you and all your friends, to whom you
again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till have prophesied lies.’ ”
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there is no place to bury. Thus I will do to this 7 O LORD, You induced me, and I was
place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, persuaded;
and make this city like Tophet. And the hous- You are stronger than I, and have
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es of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of prevailed.
Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, I am in derision daily;
because of all the houses on whose roofs they Everyone mocks me.
have burned incense to all the host of heaven, 8 For when I spoke, I cried out;
and poured out drink offerings to other I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
gods.” ’ ” Because the word of the LORD was
14 Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where made to me
the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he A reproach and a derision daily.
stood in the court of the Lord’s house and said 9 Then I said, “I will not make mention of
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to all the people, “Thus says the LORD of Him,
hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring Nor speak anymore in His name.”
on this city and on all her towns all the doom But His word was in my heart like a
that I have pronounced against it, because burning fire
they have stiffened their necks that they Shut up in my bones;
might not hear My words.’ ” I was weary of holding it back,
Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the And I could not.
20 priest who was also chief governor in 10 For I heard many mocking:
the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah “Fear on every side!”
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prophesied these things. Then Pashhur struck “Report,” they say, “and we will report
Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the it!”
stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, All my acquaintances watched for my
which was by the house of the LORD. stumbling, saying,

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