Jer 20:1-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 20:1-6: 20:1-6 The persecution suffered by Jeremiah moved from words to action. Jeremiah was whipped and placed in stocks overnight on the charge that he had blasphemed the Temple . When he was released, Jeremiah gave his jailer a message of personal condemnation from the Lord. Summary for Jer 20:1-2: 20:1-2 Pashhur , the head of the police who kept order in the Temple area, ranked second to the high priest in authority. Evidently, he had heard Jeremiah proclaim the Lord’s decree about the destruction of Jerusalem, including the Temple. He regarded it as such blasphemy that he thought Jeremiah should be punished.

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‏ Jeremiah 20:1-6

Summary for Jer 20:1-6: 20:1-6 ^a The persecution suffered by Jeremiah moved from words to action. Jeremiah was whipped and placed in stocks overnight on the charge that he had blasphemed the Temple. When he was released, Jeremiah gave his jailer a message of personal condemnation from the Lord.
Summary for Jer 20:1-2: 20:1-2 ^b Pashhur, the head of the police who kept order in the Temple area, ranked second to the high priest in authority. Evidently, he had heard Jeremiah proclaim the Lord’s decree about the destruction of Jerusalem, including the Temple. He regarded it as such blasphemy that he thought Jeremiah should be punished.
20:3 ^c The Man Who Lives in Terror: Cp. 46:5 ^d; Ps 31:13 ^e.
Summary for Jer 20:4-5: 20:4-5 ^f This is the first instance in which Jeremiah names Babylon as the country whose armies would invade Judah and take the people into exile. The invaders would take the precious jewels and gold and silver, leaving Judah without resources.
20:6 ^g Pashhur would be confronted with the proof that he had been a false prophet.