Jeremiah 20 tells of the clash between priest Pashhur and Jeremiah because Pashhur didn't like what Jeremiah was prophesying so he had him arrested, beaten and put in stocks for the night! When Jeremiah was released he immediately made a direct prophecy for him renaming him 'terror on every side' and foretelling that he and all Judah would soon be taken captive by the Babylonians to face death and captivity. Then Jeremiah pours his heart out to God because he feels humiliated and devastated with all he was going through just because he proclaimed God's truth. In his lowest moments Jeremiah curses the day he was born as things had got unbearable for him, but he didn't give up because God's "word is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot".
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