Jeremías 20:1-7

1 Jeremías y Pasur
Ahora bien, Pasur, hijo de Imer, el sacerdote encargado del templo del Señor
, oyó lo que Jeremías profetizaba.

2 Así que arrestó al profeta Jeremías, ordenó que lo azotaran y que lo pusieran en el cepo junto a la puerta de Benjamín, en el templo del Señor
.

3 Al día siguiente, cuando al fin Pasur lo puso en libertad, Jeremías dijo: «Pasur, el Señor
te ha cambiado el nombre. De ahora en adelante serás llamado: “El hombre que vive aterrorizado”
.

4 Pues esto dice el Señor
: “Enviaré terror sobre ti y todos tus amigos y verás cuando sean masacrados por las espadas del enemigo. Entregaré al pueblo de Judá en manos del rey de Babilonia. Él los llevará cautivos a Babilonia o los traspasará con la espada;

5 y dejaré que tus enemigos saqueen a Jerusalén. Todos los tesoros famosos de la ciudad —las joyas preciosas, el oro y la plata de tus reyes— serán llevados a Babilonia.

6 En cuanto a ti, Pasur, tú y todos los de tu casa irán cautivos a Babilonia. Allí morirán y serán enterrados, tú y todos tus amigos, a quienes profetizaste que todo iría bien”».

7 Queja de Jeremías
Oh Señor
, me engañaste,
y yo me dejé engañar.
Eres más fuerte que yo,
y me dominaste.
Ahora soy objeto de burla todos los días;
todos se ríen de mí.

Jeremías 20:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 20

This chapter gives an account of the usage that Jeremiah met with from many for his prophecies, and the effect it had upon him. He was smitten and put in the stocks by Pashur the priest, who released him the next day, Jer 20:1-3; upon which he prophesies again of the delivery of the city of Jerusalem, with all its riches, and of the whole land, to the Chaldeans; and particularly that Pashur should be a terror to himself and all his friends; and that both he and they should be carried captive into Babylon, and die, and be buried there, Jer 20:4-6; and then he complains of his being mocked at by the people for the word of the Lord; which he therefore determined to make no more mention of, but was obliged to it; and of the defamations of him, and snares that were laid for him, Jer 20:7-10; under which he is supported with the consideration of the Lord's being with him, and that his enemies should not prevail, but be confounded; and appeals to him, and calls for vengeance from him on them; and, in the view of deliverance, not only praises the Lord himself, but calls upon others to join with him in it, Jer 20:11-13; and yet, after all, the chapter is concluded with his cursing the day of his birth, and the man that brought his father the news of it, Jer 20:14-18.