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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, &#8216;I had a dream! I had a dream!&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is not my word like fire,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.23.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Yes,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Prophecy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.23.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JER.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, &#8216;What is the message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217; say to them, &#8216;What message? I will forsake you, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, &#8216;This is a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8217; I will punish them and their household. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: &#8216;What is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s answer?&#8217; or &#8216;What has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">But you must not mention &#8216;a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217; again, because each one&#8217;s word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, our God. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">This is what you keep saying to a prophet: &#8216;What is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s answer to you?&#8217; or &#8216;What has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JER.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Although you claim, &#8216;This is a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8217; this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: You used the words, &#8216;This is a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8217; even though I told you that you must not claim, &#8216;This is a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JER.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JER.23.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">I will bring on you everlasting disgrace&#8212;everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeremiah and Pashhur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies&#8212;all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeremiah&#8217;s Complaint</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You deceived</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">persuaded</span></span></span><span class="content"> me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and I was deceived</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">persuaded</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.20.7"><span class="content">you overpowered me and prevailed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.20.7"><span class="content">I am ridiculed all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.20.7"><span class="content">everyone mocks me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whenever I speak, I cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.20.8"><span class="content">proclaiming violence and destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.20.8"><span class="content">So the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.20.8"><span class="content">insult and reproach all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But if I say, &#8220;I will not mention his word</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="content">or speak anymore in his name,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="content">his word is in my heart like a fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="content">a fire shut up in my bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="content">I am weary of holding it in;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"><span class="content">indeed, I cannot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.20.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I hear many whispering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Terror on every side!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">Denounce him! Let&#8217;s denounce him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">All my friends</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">are waiting for me to slip, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Perhaps he will be deceived;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">then we will prevail over him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"><span class="content">and take our revenge on him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with me like a mighty warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.20.11"><span class="content">so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.20.11"><span class="content">They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.20.11"><span class="content">their dishonor will never be forgotten.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.20.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, you who examine the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"><span class="content">and probe the heart and mind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"><span class="content">let me see your vengeance on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"><span class="content">for to you I have committed my cause.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"><span class="content">He rescues the life of the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"><span class="content">from the hands of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Cursed be the day I was born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.20.14"><span class="content">May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.20.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.20.15"><span class="content">who made him very glad, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.20.15"><span class="content">&#8220;A child is born to you&#8212;a son!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May that man be like the towns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.20.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> overthrew without pity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.20.16"><span class="content">May he hear wailing in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.20.16"><span class="content">a battle cry at noon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For he did not kill me in the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.20.17"><span class="content">with my mother as my grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.20.17"><span class="content">her womb enlarged forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Why did I ever come out of the womb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.20.18"><span class="content">to see trouble and sorrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.20.18"><span class="content">and to end my days in shame?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.1.3"></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Call of Jeremiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Before I formed you in the womb I knew</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">chose</span></span></span><span class="content"> you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.1.5"><span class="content">before you were born I set you apart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.1.5"><span class="content">I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alas, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221; I said, &#8220;I do not know how to speak; I am too young.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Do not say, &#8216;I am too young.&#8217; You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, &#8220;I have put my words in your mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.1.10"></span></div>
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