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Themes in Jeremiah 20

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Themes in Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20:1 (show verse)

Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest, who was [also] chief officer in the house 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)

Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the Lord.

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)

And the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib (terror on every side).

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 thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; they will fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he will carry them away to Babylon as captives and will slaughter them with 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)

Moreover, I will hand over all the riches of this city, all the result of its labor, all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, and take them away and carry them 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)

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; you will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.’”

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)

[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks 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 must shout out;
I shout violence and destruction,
Because the word of the Lord has become to me
A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.

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 will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].

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 whispering and defaming words of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my familiar and trusted friends,
[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,
“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,
And take our revenge 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 as a dread champion [one to be greatly feared];
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not overcome [me].
They will be completely shamed, for they have not acted wisely and have failed [in their schemes];
Their eternal dishonor 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)

But, O Lord of hosts, You who examine the righteous,
Who see the heart and the mind,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have committed my cause.

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 has rescued the life of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.

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)

Cursed be the day on which I was born;
Do not bless the day on which my mother gave birth to me!

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)

Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A son has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.

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)

And let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord overthrew without regret.
Let him hear an outcry in the morning
And a shout of alarm at noon;

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 did not kill me before my birth,
So that my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always pregnant.

Jeremiah 20:18 (show verse)

Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?