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Jeremiah 20:2 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 20 · verse 2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 20:2 · King James Version
Jeremiah 20:2 in context
1Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
3And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
4For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- PashurPashchûwrPashchur, the name of four IsraelitesH6583 →
- stocksmahpeketha wrenchH4115 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
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Here is, I. Pashur's unjust displeasure against Jeremiah, and the fruits of that displeasure, Jer 20:1, Jer 20:2. This Pashur was a priest, and therefore, one would think, should have protected Jeremiah, who was of his own order, a priest too, and the more because he was a prophet of the Lord, whose interests the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6