Jeremiah 20 - 21

Jeremiah faces political pressure to change his message.  This pressure comes from the chief of the temple police.  Yet, Jeremiah does not - indeed, he cannot - change his message.  He states, that when he attempts to hold back what God has given him to share, it is physically painful to him.  The message is unchanged; Judah will fall.  Those who are willing to defect to the side of the attackers will live; but none who try to 'tough it out' will survive.