Jeremiah 20:7

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5 Moreover I ^awill deliver all the wealth of this city, all its produce, and all its precious things; all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who will plunder them, seize them, and ^bcarry them to Babylon.

6 And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have ^aprophesied lies.’ ”

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7 O Lord, You¹ induced me, and I was persuaded;
^aYou are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
^bI am¹ in derision daily;
Everyone mocks me.

8 For when I spoke, I cried out;
^aI shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.

9 Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a ^aburning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And ^bI could not.

10 ^aFor I heard many¹ mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
^bAll my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

11 But the Lord is ^awith me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not ^bprevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their ^ceverlasting confusion will never be forgotten.

12 But, O Lord of hosts,
You who ^atest the righteous,
And see the¹ mind and heart,
^bLet me see Your vengeance on them;
For I have pleaded my cause before You.

13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
For ^aHe has delivered the life of the poor
From the hand of evildoers.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, thou hast deceived me - Thou hast promised me protection; and, lo! I am now delivered into the hands of my enemies. These words were probably spoken when Pashur smote him, and put him in prison.

I think our translation of this passage is very exceptionable. My old Bible reads, Thou laddist me aside Lord; and I was lad aside. The original word is pittithani , thou hast persuaded me, i.e., to go and prophesy to this people. I went, faithfully declared thy message, and now I am likely to perish by their cruelty. As the root pathah signifies to persuade and allure as well as to deceive, the above must be its meaning in this place. Taken as in our Version it is highly irreverent. It is used in the same sense here as in Genesis 9:27 : God shall enlarge (persuade, margin) Japheth; and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem.

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