For this is what Jehovah has said, ‘Here I am making you a fright to yourself and to all your lovers [or, friends], and they will certainly fall by the sword of their enemies while your eyes will be looking on; and all Judah I shall give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will actually take them into exile in Babylon and strike them down with the sword.

Jer. 20:3-6.

16. In what way was Pashʹhur leading others, and what corresponds to this today?

¹⁶ From these words of Jehovah it is evident that Pashʹhur had chosen for himself “the way of death.” Also, by means of his false prophesying, he was leading his religious friends or lovers into the same way.