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Themes in Jeremiah 20

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Themes in Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20:1 (show verse)

Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

Immer » Father of pashur
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:2 (show verse)

So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.

Benjamin » Gate » Jerusalem gate
Gates » Punishment of criminals outside of
Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at
Gates » Of jerusalem » High gate of benjamin
Gates » Jails made in the towers of
Immer » Father of pashur
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confinement » Stocks
Stocks » In prisons

Jeremiah 20:3 (show verse)

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,

physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Captivity » Of judah in babylon, prophecy of
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:5 (show verse)

I will give away all the wealth of this city, all its products and valuables. Indeed, I will hand all the treasures of the kings of Judah over to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Cities » Were frequently » Pillaged
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Jerusalem » Prophecies respecting » To be taken by king of babylon
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:6 (show verse)

As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon. There you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends that you prophesied falsely to.’”

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah
Prophets » FALSE » Punishment of

Jeremiah 20:7 (show verse)

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God

Jeremiah 20:8 (show verse)

For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Message despised » Of the word of God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God
Word » As weapon » Despised

Jeremiah 20:9 (show verse)

If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.

Duty » Pressure of » It burns like an inward fire
Fire » Figurative » Spiritual power
Fire » Inward » Makes the message inevitable
Heart » Renewed » Graciously affected of God
Heart » Renewed » Zeal
character of the renewed Heart » Zealous
The Heart » God » Influences
Inspiration » Examples of » Jeremiah
Inward fire » Makes the message inevitable
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Power » Of testimony » Bursts forth from an inward fire
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
Prophets » Examples of » Jeremiah
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Bursts forth from an inward fire

Jeremiah 20:10 (show verse)

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!

Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Revenge » The wicked are earnest after
Slander » Includes » Defaming

Jeremiah 20:11 (show verse)

But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Power » Of God » Have confidence in
God, Power of » Saints » Have confidence in
The wicked » Confounded

Jeremiah 20:12 (show verse)

Lord of Hosts, testing the righteous
and seeing the heart and mind,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.

Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Heart » Renewed » Tested
The Heart » God » Knows
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Knowledge » God's » The secrets of the heart read by Christ

Jeremiah 20:13 (show verse)

Sing to the Lord!
Praise the Lord,
for He rescues the life of the needy
from the hand of evil people.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
the Needy » Divine care for
The poor » Divine care for

Jeremiah 20:14 (show verse)

May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.

Birthday » Cursed
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:15 (show verse)

May the man be cursed
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.

Children » Blessing
Children » Male » Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:16 (show verse)

Let that man be like the cities
the Lord demolished without compassion.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
and a war cry at noontime

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:17 (show verse)

because he didn’t kill me in the womb
so that my mother might have been my grave,
her womb eternally pregnant.

Jeremiah 20:18 (show verse)

Why did I come out of the womb
to see only struggle and sorrow,
to end my life in shame?