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In This Chapter 4 people 5 places 22 terms 1 resource

People

Pashhur 8 Jeremiah (Son of Hilkiah) 5 Immer 2 Magor-missabib (Pashhur)

Places

    Key Terms

    Love 4 Curse (Consign to Death) 4 Speak as a Prophet 3 Peace 3 Mighty (Ruthless) 3 Word of the Lord 2 To Prophesy Prophetic To Love Love (Appreciation) Have Insight Curse (Invocation of Harm) To Curse Curse (Formula) Curse (Enchant) Curse (Pronouncement Against) Bless (Approval) Blessing (Act) Bless (Favor) Blessing (Content) Blessed Bless (Request Favor)

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    Jeremiah (Person) Articles

    Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

    ⓘ Pashhur, the head of the police maintaining order...

    Pashhur, the head of the police maintaining order in the Temple area, was second in authority to the high priest. He had heard Jeremiah announce the Lord's decree about the destruction of Jerusalem, including the Temple. He considered it such blasphemy that he believed Jeremiah should be punished.
    ⓘ The persecution Jeremiah faced escalated from words to...

    The persecution Jeremiah faced escalated from words to actions. He was whipped and put in stocks overnight for allegedly blaspheming the Temple. Upon his release, Jeremiah delivered a message of personal condemnation from the Lord to his jailer.

    1When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

    3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.†

    ⓘ This is the first time Jeremiah names Babylon...

    This is the first time Jeremiah names Babylon as the country whose armies will invade Judah and take the people into exile. The invaders will take the precious jewels, gold, and silver, leaving Judah without resources.

    4For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword. 5I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon. 6And 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 prophesied these lies.’”

    Jeremiah’s Complaint

    7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived.You have overcome me and prevailed.I am a laughingstock all day long;everyone mocks me.
    ⓘ Jeremiah could not stop speaking God's judgment, even...

    Jeremiah could not stop speaking God's judgment, even though people mocked him for it (see also Job 32:18–20; Psalm 39:1–3; Acts 4:18–20).
    8For whenever I speak, I cry out;I proclaim violence and destruction.For the word of the LORD has become to mea reproach and derision all day long.
    9If I say, “I will not mention Himor speak any more in His name,”His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,shut up in my bones,and I become weary of holding it in,and I cannot prevail.10For I have heard the whispering of many:“Terror is on every side!Report him; let us report him!”All my trusted friendswatch for my fall:“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we may prevail against himand take our vengeance upon him.”
    11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior.Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail.Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame,with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous,who sees the heart† and mind,let me see Your vengeance upon them,for to You I have committed my cause.
    13Sing to the LORD!Praise the LORD!For He rescues the life of the needyfrom the hands of evildoers.
    ⓘ Jeremiah hoped for rescue, but he still faced...

    Jeremiah hoped for rescue, but he still faced harsh realities. Surprised by his persecution, he wished he were dead or had never been born (see Jeremiah 16:3–4; Job 3).
    14Cursed be the day I was born!May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,saying, “A son is born to you,”bringing him great joy.16May that man be like the citiesthat the LORD overthrew without compassion.May he hear an outcry in the morningand a battle cry at noon,
    ⓘ Jeremiah felt his life had no purpose.

    Jeremiah felt his life had no purpose.
    17because he did not kill me in the wombso that my mother might have been my grave,and her womb forever enlarged.18Why did I come out of the wombto see only trouble and sorrow,and to end my days in shame?