¹⁴ Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court^(A) of the Lord’s temple and said to all the people, ¹⁵ “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster^(B) I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked^(C) and would not listen^(D) to my words.’”

Jeremiah and Pashhur

20 When the priest Pashhur son of Immer,^(E) the official^(F) in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, ² he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten^(G) and put in the stocks^(H) at the Upper Gate of Benjamin^(I) at the Lord’s temple. ³ The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name^(J) for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.^{(K) 4} For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes^(L) you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give^(M) all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry^(N) them away to Babylon or put them to the sword. ⁵ I will deliver all the wealth^(O) of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away^(P) as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. ⁶ 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^(Q) lies.’”

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

²⁴ “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.^{(A) 25} It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,^(B) how much more the members of his household!

²⁶ “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.^{(C) 27} What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. ²⁸ Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One^(D) who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.^{[a] 30} And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.^{(E) 31} So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.^(F)

³² “Whoever acknowledges me before others,^(G) I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.^(H)