20:1 Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security 1 in the Lord’s temple.
20:7 Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet,
and I allowed you to do it.
You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. 2
Now I have become a constant laughingstock.
Everyone ridicules me.
20:8 For whenever I prophesy, 3 I must cry out, 4
“Violence and destruction are coming!” 5
This message from the Lord 6 has made me
an object of continual insults and derision.