Jeremiah 20
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Jeremiah 20:1-3

1When Pashhur the priest, the son of 1Immer, who was 2chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

2Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet 3beaten and put him in the 4stocks that were at the upper 5Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord.

3On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has 6called you, but rather 78Magor-missabib.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:1 1 Chr 24:14; Ezra 2:37, 38 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 20:1 2 Kin 25:18 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 20:2 1 Kin 22:27; 2 Chr 16:10; 24:21; Jer 1:19; Amos 7:10-13 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 20:2 Job 13:27; 33:11 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 20:2 Jer 37:13; 38:7; Zech 14:10 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 20:3 Is 8:3; Hos 1:4, 9 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 20:3 I.e. terror on every side ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 20:3 Jer 6:25; 20:10 ↩

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