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Jeremiah 20:2

BenjaminJeremiahPashurGate of Benjamin
Suffering

1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

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

4 For 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.

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BSB
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the LORD’s house.
ASV
Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
BLB
And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and he put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, that [was] at the house of YHWH.
ÅB
Og Pashur slo profeten Jeremias og satte ham i stokken i den øvre Benjamins-port i Herrens hus.
OTB
lot han Jeremia, profeten, bli slått og satt i stokken ved Øvre Benjamin-porten ved Herrens tempel.
B1930
Og Pashur slo profeten Jeremias og satte ham i stokken i den øvre Benjamins-port i Herrens hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 37:13

    But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

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  • Jeremiah 1:19

    They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 14:10

    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:10

    Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

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  • Jeremiah 36:26

    Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:21

    But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 22:27

    and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

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  • Jeremiah 29:26

    ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

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