Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah
1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of (A)Immer, who was (B)chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet (C)beaten and put him in the (D)stocks that were at the upper (E)Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord.
3 On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has (F)called you, but rather (a)(G)Magor-missabib.
4 For thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a (H)terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while (I)your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will (J)give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as (K)exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.
5 I will also give over all the (L)wealth of this city, all its produce and all its costly things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give over to the (M)hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon.
6 And you, (N)Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your (O)friends to whom you have (P)falsely prophesied.’”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 20:3: ['I.e. terror on every side']
b.
Jeremiah 20:8: ['Lit ', become]
c.
Jeremiah 20:10: ['Lit ', Every man of my peace]
d.
Jeremiah 20:10: ['Or ', persuaded]
e.
Jeremiah 20:11: ['Lit ', not succeeded, '; or ', not acted wisely]
f.
Jeremiah 20:12: ['Lit ', kidneys]
g.
Jeremiah 20:15: ['Lit ', male child]
h.
Jeremiah 20:16: ['Lit ', being sorry]
i.
Jeremiah 20:16: ['Or ', trumpet blast]
j.
Jeremiah 20:17: ['Lit ', from the womb]
Cross references:
AB.
Jeremiah 20:10:
Psalm 41:9
AE.
Jeremiah 20:11:
Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:36; Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 17:18
AI.
Jeremiah 20:12:
Psalm 62:8