Jeremiah 20:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 20:2

smote. Perhaps according to Deuteronomy 25:3 . high = upper. Probably north of the Temple, which looked toward the gate of Benjamin. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 20:2

Jeremiah 20:2. And put him in the stocks— Houbigant renders the whole verse, This Pashur apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, and put him into the prison which lieth near the upper gate of Benjamin, which is near, &c. Our translators have rendered המהפכת hammahpeketh, the stocks; but I think without sufficient ground; for the word, which properly signifies that instrument of punishment, is סד, sad, see Job 13:27; Job 33:11. The word המהפכת hammahpeketh, occurs twice besides; chap. Jer 29:26... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:2

2. The fact that Pashur was of the same order and of the same family as Jeremiah aggravates the indignity of the blow (1 Kings 22:24; Matthew 26:67). stocks—an instrument of torture with five holes, in which the neck, two hands, and two feet were thrust, the body being kept in a crooked posture (Matthew 26:67- :). From a Hebrew root, to "turn," or "rack." This marks Pashur's cruelty. high—that is, the upper gate (2 Kings 15:35). gate of Benjamin—a gate in the temple wall, corresponding to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 20:1-2

When Pashhur, who was the leading priest responsible for the oversight of the temple, heard Jeremiah’s words, he ordered him beaten and imprisoned in stocks that stood near the Benjamin Gate. This gate was evidently the new gate into the inner temple courtyard that King Jotham had constructed (cf. 2 Kings 15:35). It provided an entrance from the north, in which direction the tribal territory of Benjamin lay. Consequently many people would have seen Jeremiah there."The ’stocks,’ where the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 20:1-6

The broken jar object lesson 19:1-20:6This message to the people involved another symbolic act (cf. Jeremiah 13:1-11). This incident may have occurred between 609 and 605 B.C."In ch. 18 God explains to Jeremiah that sovereign grace is able to take the marred vessel (Israel) and remake it a vessel of usefulness (Jeremiah 19:4). But to the elders, in ch. 19, the prophet declares that their generation will be irreparably destroyed like a smashed fragile vessel, and the fragments taken to Babylon.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:1-18

1-6. Pashur’s act and Jeremiah’s reply.2. Pashur] In chapter Jeremiah 38:1 two Pashurs are mentioned. This one is perhaps the father of Gedaliah there spoken of, while Pashur the son of Malchiah of that v. is probably identical with the Pashur of Jeremiah 21:1. The houses represented by both men were strong in numbers amongst the few priestly courses that returned from Babylon (Ezra 2:36-39).3. Magormissabib] i.e. ’fear is on every side’: see on Jeremiah 6:25. The name is symbolic of his coming... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 20:2

(2) Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet.—It is the first time that he has been so described, the office to which he was called being apparently named to emphasise the outrage which had been inflicted on him. Other prophets had, under Ahab or Manasseh, been slain with the sword, but none, so far as we know (with the one exception of Hanani the seer in 2 Chronicles 16:10), had ever before been subjected to an ignominious punishment such as this. It was so far analogous to the outrage against... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 20:1-18

The Deceptions of God Jeremiah 20:7 I. There are times when we are ready to say that God deceives us. Think of the ideals of our childhood. It is one of the sweet illusions of the child that father or mother has neither fault nor flaw. 1. Think again of the deceptions of the senses. If there is one thing that seems above dispute, it is that this earth of ours is fixed and firm. 2. Think once again of how God fulfils His promises. One thing certain is that when Abraham was called from Ur, he... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-18

CHAPTER XIIIJEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTIONJeremiah 20:1-18THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chief officer in the house of Iahvah) "heard Jeremiah prophesying these words. And Pashchur smote Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks, which were in the upper gate of Benjamin in the house of Iahvah." Like the priest of Bethel, who abruptly put an end to the preaching of Amos in the royal sanctuary,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 20:1-18

CHAPTER 20 Pashur.-Jeremiah’s Perplexity and Complaint 1. Pashur and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:1-6 ) 2. Jeremiah’s great perplexity and complaint (Jeremiah 20:7-18 ) Jeremiah 20:1-6 . A great scene now follows the message in connection with the broken bottle. The great Pashur, the chief governor in the house of the LORD had heard of the message. He smites Jeremiah and puts him in the stocks, which must have been some form of cruel torture by which the victim was rendered helpless, besides... read more

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