Jeremiah 20:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Pashhur, you are guilty of telling lies and claiming they were messages from me. That's why I will make the Babylonians take you, your family, and your friends as prisoners to Babylonia, where you will all die and be buried.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:15

Their rulers and leaders were the head, and the lying prophets were the tail.

Jeremiah 14:13

I replied, “The other prophets keep telling everyone that you won't send starvation or war, and that you're going to give us peace.”

Jeremiah 14:16

And everyone who listens to them will be killed, just as they deserve. Their dead bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, because their families will also be dead, and no one will be left to bury them.

Jeremiah 20:1

Pashhur son of Immer was a priest and the chief of temple security. He heard what I had said,

Jeremiah 20:4

You will be afraid, and you will bring fear to your friends as well. You will see enemies kill them in battle. Then I will make the king of Babylonia take everyone in Judah prisoner, killing some and dragging the rest away to Babylonia.

Jeremiah 29:32

He has even talked you into disobeying me. So I will punish Shemaiah. He and his descendants won't live to see the good things I will do for my people. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets deceived you with false visions and lying messages— they should have warned you to leave your sins and be saved from disaster.

Ezekiel 22:28

And then the prophets in Israel cover-up these sins by giving false visions. I have never spoken to them, but they lie and say they have a message from me.

Leviticus 26:17

and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

Micah 2:11

The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, “Drink and get drunk!”

Zechariah 13:3

If any such prophets ever appear again, their own parents must warn them that they will die for telling lies in my name—the name of the LORD. If those prophets don't stop speaking, their parents must then kill them with a sword.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The LORD will let you be defeated by your enemies, and you will scatter in all directions. You will be a horrible sight for the other nations to see,