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Jeremiah 20:3

Good News Translation

The next morning, after Pashhur had released me from the chains, I said to him, “The Lord did not name you Pashhur. The name he has given you is ‘Terror Everywhere.’

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God said to Abraham, “You must no longer call your wife Sarai; from now on her name is Sarah.

Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.

The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”

I hear many enemies whispering; terror is all around me. They are making plans against me, plotting to kill me.

Some time later my wife became pregnant. When our son was born, the Lord said to me, “Name him ‘Quick-Loot-Fast-Plunder.’

and to go through Potsherd Gate out to Hinnom Valley. There I was to proclaim the message that he would give me.

So then, the time will come when this place will no longer be called Topheth or Hinnom Valley. Instead, it will be known as Slaughter Valley.

I hear everybody whispering, “Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!” Even my close friends wait for my downfall. “Perhaps he can be tricked,” they say; “then we can catch him and get revenge.”

Zephaniah read the letter to me,

“But what do I see?” asks the Lord. “They are turning back in terror. Their soldiers are beaten back; overcome with fear, they run as fast as they can and do not look back.

We don't dare go to the countryside or walk on the roads, because our enemies are armed and terror is all around us.”

And so, the time will come when it will no longer be called Topheth or Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley. They will bury people there because there will be nowhere else to bury them.

You invited my enemies to hold a carnival of terror all around me, And no one could escape on that day of your anger. They murdered my children, whom I had raised and loved.

I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

Then he led them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”




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