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巴施户珥是管理耶路撒冷神的圣殿的祭司，不过，他却是一个贪污败坏的人；他打了先知耶利米，又令他戴上枷锁。耶利米向百姓宣告神的真理、力劝他们回转归向神，认罪悔改，可惜巴施户珥和众人听不进去，反而喜欢听从说假话的先知和跟随那些背叛神的人。

于是，耶利米预言，神将会惩罚犹大的败坏和不忠，巴施户珥将会被放逐到巴比伦，他和他的家人都会死在那里，永远不能返回犹大地和耶路撒冷。

我们在这件事上能学到什么功课呢？第一，我们知道神极为看重顺服。神呼召我们为祂而活和跟从祂的法度，而不是追随世人的自私、贪婪、败坏。此外，我们也学到，我们应当敬重那些宣讲神真理的人。

耶利米从神那里领受了一个非常艰难的呼召——向悖逆的百姓传讲神的话、力劝他们回转归向神并为他们的刚硬悖逆认罪悔改。耶利米埋怨说：“我终日成为笑话，人人都戏弄我。”（参耶 20:7）然而，无论他感到多么困难，他仍然不会停止宣讲神的话。

让我们聆听神仆人的话吧，因为他们传讲的是真理；又让我们鉴察自己的心、追求忠心为神而活吧。

Pashhur was a priest who was in charge of the temple of God in Jerusalem. But he was corrupt. He had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put in stocks. Jeremiah told the truth about God and urged the people to turn back to God and repent from wrongdoing, but Pashhur and others would not listen. Instead, he preferred to listen to prophets who told lies and went along with people who disobeyed God.

So Jeremiah said that, later, when God would punish Judah for their corruption and unfaithfulness, Pashhur would be taken away in exile to Babylon. Pashhur and all his household would die there and never return to Judah and Jerusalem.

What can we learn from this? First, we can learn that God is serious about obedience. God calls us to live for him and to follow his ways, not the selfish, greedy, and corrupt ways of the world. We can also learn that we should respect people who speak the truth of God.

Jeremiah had a very difficult calling from God—to preach to a rebellious people and urge them to turn back to God and repent of their stubborn, corrupt ways. "I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me," Jeremiah complained. (Jeremiah 20:7) But he could not stop preaching God's words, no matter how difficult it was for him.

Let us listen to God's servants who speak the truth. Let us examine our hearts and seek to live faithfully for God.