Verse 16

Jeremiah 20:16

New Living Translation

16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old<br>that the LORD overthrew without mercy.<br>Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָה֙ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הַ/ה֔וּא כֶּֽ/עָרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר הָפַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א נִחָ֑ם וְ/שָׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ בַּ/בֹּ֔קֶר וּ/תְרוּעָ֖ה בְּ/עֵ֥ת צָהֳרָֽיִם
English Translation
And it shall be that the man, he who is like the cities which the Lord overturned, and he did not relent, and he heard a cry in the morning and a shout at noon.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1 Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the LORD, heard what Jeremiah was pr... Focus ↗
2 So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of th... Focus ↗
3 The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the LORD has changed your... Focus ↗
4 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watc... Focus ↗
5 And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city — the precious je... Focus ↗
6 As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die a... Focus ↗
7 O LORD, you misled me,<br>and I allowed myself to be misled.<br>You are stronger than I am,<br>and y... Focus ↗
8 When I speak, the words burst out.<br>“Violence and destruction!” I shout.<br>So these messages from... Focus ↗
9 But if I say I’ll never mention the LORD<br>or speak in his name,<br>his word burns in my heart like... Focus ↗
10 I have heard the many rumors about me.<br>They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.”<br>They threat... Focus ↗
11 But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior.<br>Before him my persecutors will stumble.<br>Th... Focus ↗
12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies,<br>you test those who are righteous,<br>and you examine the deepest thoug... Focus ↗
13 Sing to the LORD!<br>Praise the LORD!<br>For though I was poor and needy,<br>he rescued me from my o... Focus ↗
14 Yet I curse the day I was born!<br>May no one celebrate the day of my birth.<br> Focus ↗
15 I curse the messenger who told my father,<br>“Good news — you have a son!”<br> Focus ↗
16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old<br>that the LORD overthrew without mercy.<br>Terrify him...
17 because he did not kill me at birth.<br>Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb,<br>that her body ha... Focus ↗
18 Why was I ever born?<br>My entire life has been filled<br>with trouble, sorrow, and shame.<br> Focus ↗